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Allen's targeting hierarchy was explicit: 'Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.' Patel is the only named carve-out. Multiple outlets have noted Allen 'provided no explanation for why' he exempted the FBI director.
“Allen's targeting hierarchy was explicit: 'Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.' Patel is the only named carve-out. Multiple outlets have noted Allen 'provided no explanation for why' he exempted the FBI director.”
Cole Allen organized his manifesto as a set of "rules of engagement." Trump administration officials were classified as "targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest." Then, parenthetically, in his own handwriting: "(not including Mr. Patel)."
Kash Patel is the FBI Director. He is one of Trump's most loyal cabinet appointees. He is, on paper, exactly the kind of official Allen's "highest-ranking to lowest" framework would put near the top of a kill list. Allen put him on a separate list of one — the spared list — and offered no justification.
The Daily Beast: "Manifesto Reveals Alleged Gunman Picked One Trump Official to Spare." AlterNet flagged that Allen "provided no explanation for why" Patel was exempted. Fox News confirmed the carve-out was specifically named, not a generic exception.
Right-leaning commentators have suggested Patel's exemption implies Allen viewed him as an internal opposition figure. Left-leaning commentators have suggested it implies a personal connection or signal nobody has decoded yet. Investigators are reportedly probing the omission. Until they speak, it's the single biggest "wait, what" inside the manifesto.
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