How to obtain and read the leaked Kash Patel emails on Linux (maybe will work on other OS?)

First download the files from @ddosecrets. They offer both direct DL and torrent options:

https://ddosecrets.org/article/kash-patel-emails

Once you have them unzip the file. These emails are in EML format, and it's possible to import them into Thunderbird so they look just like real emails.

WARNING: If you have TBird hooked up to a live email account you will be able to answer these emails just as if they'd been sent to you. You probably don't want to do this.

I'm running Mint 20.3. Unfortunately the version of TBird in the repository is too old to allow the necessary plugin to work, so I had to install the latest version directly. I used the FlatPak, but any way you can get the latest version is fine. You can download it from:

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

After you have the latest TBird installed go to Addons in the hamburger menu. Search for and install ImportExportTools-NG.

If you already have an actual email account hooked up in TBird skip the next step. If you don't, as I didn't, the only way I could create a local folder was to add a real email account. I could then create a local folder and delete the real account from TBird. It's not necessary to delete it, but having an outgoing server configured when reading leaked emails worries me.

So create a local folder and then right-click on it. You should see an ImportExportTools menu item. Click on that and then Import EML messages and then (most efficient) Import All EML Messages from a Directory and all Subdirectories.

Choose the directory created by unzipping and you're good to go!

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