On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to information supplied to Justice Department and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment”—normally used by SWAT and hostage-rescue teams to quickly gain entry into buildings—was made last year because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors, according to multiple people familiar with the request.



I’d hazard that the absences can be pretty easily explained by the episodes of excessive drinking.
Uh oh, another teleporter.
He’s got a bad case of the brown bag flu.
I’m a time traveler!
Noooo … 😲