India, April 20 -- Kash Patel is not going to 'lay down' and simply take what is being reported about him. The FBI Director doubled down on his criticism of 'fake media' after a report by The Atantic alleged misconduct, execessive drinking and even that the 46-year-old was 'paranoid' about losing his job. Patel threatened legal action against the publication.

Earlier this week, Sarah Fitzpatrick of The Atlantic reported that Patel had a brief 'freak out' episode this month after he was not able to access his internal compute system. He feared that he was fired. However, that was not the case. The issue was fixed.

"People close to the director have said that he himself has expressed that he believes that he is about to be fired or that i...