FBI Director Patel

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  - Kash Patel  is reportedly so paranoid about losing his job that he’s polygraphing his own FBI staff. Be on the lookout, Kash Patel is now reportedly in full meltdown.

The FBI Director — already under fire for deploying SWAT agents as his girlfriend's personal chauffeurs, chugging beer in the Olympic locker room on a government jet, and suing The Atlantic for $250 million over revealing allegations of his problematic drinking — has now ordered polygraph examinations of more than two dozen current and former members of his security detail and IT staff, according to sources briefed on the situation.

The reason: he's terrified of leakers. And, apparently, of losing his job.

Sources tell MS Now that Patel has been "described as being in panic mode to save his job" and has walled himself off from some senior FBI leaders this week — raising alarm inside the bureau about his ability to stay on top of pressing threats and investigations.

This comes one day after MS Now revealed Patel ordered FBI agents to open a criminal leak investigation into The Atlantic's reporting about his drinking habits — an investigation agents were deeply uncomfortable conducting, believing it lacked legal justification and that they'd be fired if they refused.

Patel has apparently done this before. Dozens of agents were previously polygraphed after a story leaked about Patel making a request to obtain a gun.

So, the director of the FBI — America's premier law enforcement agency — is running a paranoid internal surveillance operation against his own staff, avoiding his senior operational leaders, opening criminal probes into journalists, and, according to multiple sources, desperately trying not to get fired by a president already frustrated with his headlines.

Trump and the White House have reportedly been furious about the bad press. In November 2025, they are said to have privately discussed removing him

Headline USA -   FBI Director Kashyap Patel reportedly has his own personalized branded bourbon. And when a bottle went missing in March, he threatened to “polygraph and prosecute his staff.”  The Atlantic revealed latest details on Patel’s enthusiasm for alcohol on Thursday, a little over two weeks after Patel sued the outlet for publishing a story that portrays him as a drunkard. The Atlantic reported that Patel has a collection of Kentucky distillery Woodford Reserve bottles engraved with the words “kash patel fbi director,” as well as a rendering of an FBI shield.