Andrew Gruel
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Yeah. I mean, already Wellness Farms, which is the arm of kind of the wellness company that's going to be focusing on food, we're bringing together a really great portfolio of products from great local beef to eggs to chicken to, sorry, poultry, and then some perishables as well as talking about freeze-dried and prepared meals, seed oil-free.
All of this is going to be accessible directly to the consumer. So once again, flipping that supply chain upside down and creating that direct-to-consumer conduit so that we can start getting the right foods and and getting it outside of this kind of complicated supply chain. I also find it very funny that whenever you start talking about intelligence, I always have to leave the room.
All of this is going to be accessible directly to the consumer. So once again, flipping that supply chain upside down and creating that direct-to-consumer conduit so that we can start getting the right foods and and getting it outside of this kind of complicated supply chain. I also find it very funny that whenever you start talking about intelligence, I always have to leave the room.
It's been that way my whole life.
It's been that way my whole life.
Well, I'm stunned. I think, Brianna, in the same way that I would expect most FBI people, current and former, are really shocked. I've heard from many of them in the last 24 hours. And this departure from 117 years of history and tradition is really remarkable, not because it's historic and that's a reason for continuing, but because the demands of the job are so unique.
Well, I'm stunned. I think, Brianna, in the same way that I would expect most FBI people, current and former, are really shocked. I've heard from many of them in the last 24 hours. And this departure from 117 years of history and tradition is really remarkable, not because it's historic and that's a reason for continuing, but because the demands of the job are so unique.
Well, I'm stunned. I think, Brianna, in the same way that I would expect most FBI people, current and former, are really shocked. I've heard from many of them in the last 24 hours. And this departure from 117 years of history and tradition is really remarkable, not because it's historic and that's a reason for continuing, but because the demands of the job are so unique.
They are so, so broad of such immense scope and responsibility that it takes people an entire career, 15, 16, 17, 18 years before typically they're ready to fill this role. So a deep understanding of the FBI, its mission, how it accomplishes that mission, the different tools that are available. to be used, the capabilities of the workforce, all those things go into it.
They are so, so broad of such immense scope and responsibility that it takes people an entire career, 15, 16, 17, 18 years before typically they're ready to fill this role. So a deep understanding of the FBI, its mission, how it accomplishes that mission, the different tools that are available. to be used, the capabilities of the workforce, all those things go into it.
They are so, so broad of such immense scope and responsibility that it takes people an entire career, 15, 16, 17, 18 years before typically they're ready to fill this role. So a deep understanding of the FBI, its mission, how it accomplishes that mission, the different tools that are available. to be used, the capabilities of the workforce, all those things go into it.
So bringing someone who has no connection to that whatsoever is really stunning and dangerous, I would add.
So bringing someone who has no connection to that whatsoever is really stunning and dangerous, I would add.
So bringing someone who has no connection to that whatsoever is really stunning and dangerous, I would add.
are you hearing what are we missing about this story uh that people should understand um i'd say the main thing in talking to you as a lawyer and the former fbi general counsel i dealt with employment issues day in and day out at the fbi everything that you are hearing uh that from ken it's illegal It is against the rules and the law. It's against civil service rules.
are you hearing what are we missing about this story uh that people should understand um i'd say the main thing in talking to you as a lawyer and the former fbi general counsel i dealt with employment issues day in and day out at the fbi everything that you are hearing uh that from ken it's illegal It is against the rules and the law. It's against civil service rules.
are you hearing what are we missing about this story uh that people should understand um i'd say the main thing in talking to you as a lawyer and the former fbi general counsel i dealt with employment issues day in and day out at the fbi everything that you are hearing uh that from ken it's illegal It is against the rules and the law. It's against civil service rules.
You cannot fire career FBI personnel without cause. It is simply not possible. And the idea that you have the acting deputy attorney general of the United States doing something that is against the rules, it's against the law, is the story.
You cannot fire career FBI personnel without cause. It is simply not possible. And the idea that you have the acting deputy attorney general of the United States doing something that is against the rules, it's against the law, is the story.
You cannot fire career FBI personnel without cause. It is simply not possible. And the idea that you have the acting deputy attorney general of the United States doing something that is against the rules, it's against the law, is the story.