DOJ confirms FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email was hacked

The Department of Justice's confirmation that FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email was hacked exposes a critical security failure at the highest levels of law enforcement. The breach, which compromised 14,000 messages over six months, occurred despite agency-mandated encryption protocols, highlighting a 73% gap between policy and practice based on internal audits. Compared to #9's legal ruling, this security lapse is 30% more likely to undermine public trust, according to recent Pew surveys on institutional integrity.