Former FBI And CIA Head: Trump’s Nominees Are Unfit

Politico reports:

A former head of the FBI and CIA is raising objections over whether Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s picks to be directors of the FBI and national intelligence, respectively, are qualified to serve in the Cabinet.

In a letter to senators on Thursday, William Webster, the only person to lead both the FBI and CIA, wrote that neither nominee meets the demands of top intelligence jobs.

“His [Patel’s] record of executing the president’s directives suggest a loyalty to individuals rather than the rule of law — a dangerous precedent for an agency tasked with impartial enforcement of justice,” he said.

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