FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino confirms via his X account, that he will be leaving the FBI in January.
This announcement does not come as a surprise to those follow the details of corrupt systems closely and who have watched the scale of the problems surface through the years.
The problems within the FBI as an institution are systemic. Both Kash Patel and Dan Bongino faced a monumental challenge in trying to get their arms around the scale of the problem within the institution. There is no apple, only worms.
Any type of institutional confrontation at this scale can only succeed if the problems are first admitted. Bongino faced a big challenge with Director Patel refusing to accept institutional corruption was the biggest issue. You cannot correct problems of great consequence until you admit the core of the problem. No admission was made. The problems remain.
Inasmuch as we all wanted Dan Bongino to succeed, we must also admit to ourselves he did not possess sufficient skills that neuter the attack vectors that would be exploited against him. Training that skillset first starts with an inward conversation.
Easily identified attack vectors are mechanisms deployed by those who retain corrupt activity within the institution.
We knew from the outset the corrupt FBI actors would seek to remain in control by manipulating the leadership Trump dispatched to confront them.
Kash Patel’s primary attack vector comes as an outcome of his ego, desire for affluence and delusions of grandeur.
Dan Bongino’s attack vector was/is his emotional need to be liked and appreciated by his audience. As a broadcast personality an internal codependency heading is good for business. However, in an institutional leadership position that same a codependency mindset is the opposite of the skillset needed to confront a corrupt audience.
Emotional dependency, definitions of self-worth determined by an external audience, creates vulnerability. Corrupt FBI actors know how to exploit a personality that needs to be liked (Bongino), and corrupt FBI actors know how to exploit a personality that assigns value to the indulgences of position (Patel). This was the non-pretending baseline for easy to predict failure.
Former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz held a worldview that was counter to the perspective of President Trump. He did possess the skillset; he just held the wrong mindset. For Dan Bongino it was the opposite. Bongino holds the same mindset as President Trump, he just didn’t have the skillset.
Misaligned outlook or misaligned skillsets, when combined with easily identifiable attack vectors, creates manipulative opportunities for those who intend to continue corrupt endeavors within big institutional systems.
We wish Dan Bongino all the best as he returns to private life.
We will continue praying for Mr Bongino’s physical and emotional health, and we sincerely thank him for his efforts.
