Staff Reports
A new 115-page internal assessment has ripped through the FBI like a truth bomb, calling the Bureau a “rudderless ship” and accusing leadership of being “in over his head” while labeling Deputy Director Dan Bongino “something of a clown.” The explosive language—sourced from a coalition of current and former agents and analysts—has sent media outlets into a feeding frenzy, but conservatives should read it with a skeptical eye and a healthy dose of common sense.
Dan Bongino did not take the attacks lying down; he blasted the report and its reporters publicly, defending the hard, thankless work the new leadership is doing to restore the Bureau’s mission. Remember who Bongino is: a fierce critic of the weaponized FBI who was tapped to help clean house and redirect resources toward real crime fighting rather than political policing. These are facts the legacy media conveniently ignore when they paper over the swamp’s tantrums.
Let’s be blunt: much of this “leak” reads like sour grapes from people furious at being stripped of woke priorities and insider perks. The so-called alliance that compiled the report is stacked with careerists who profited from an agency that rewarded political theater over law enforcement results, and their venom should not be mistaken for objective truth. Conservatives know that the first reaction of any entrenched bureaucracy when challenged is to howl and smear.
Under Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Bongino the FBI has already begun undoing crippling DEI experiments and refocusing on violent crime, counterterrorism, and straightforward law enforcement—a move that should be celebrated, not scorned. Outside commentators who cheerlead for the status quo forget how the agency drifted into politics for years; the pushback from within is precisely why reformers were sent in. If you want the old FBI back, fine—just don’t pretend the old FBI wasn’t broken.
The press coverage of this report reads like a coordinated hit job: dramatic headlines, anonymous quotes, and zero accountability for sources who clearly have agendas. Instead of amplifying leaks that undermine confidence in critical national security institutions, journalists should ask why those who benefitted from politicization are the loudest critics of reform. Americans deserve a Bureau that fights crime, not one that polices political opponents.
Patriots should demand two things: transparency and results. Let Congress subpoena the report, hear witnesses under oath, and force the career bureaucrats to explain themselves in public, while giving Patel and Bongino the time to prove they can deliver safer streets and honest investigations. In the meantime, stand with leaders who are willing to clean house and fight the swamp, not with the insiders who made that swamp profitable.
