Former CIA, FBI Head to Senate: Reject Patel, Gabbard

William Webster, a former FBI director and head of the CIA, is urging senators to reject Kash Patel as FBI director and Tulsi Gabbard for director of intelligence.

Webster, who turned 100 this year and is the only person to hold both positions, said neither Patel nor Gabbard were qualified for their positions, expressing concern about Patel’s loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump.

“His 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,” Webster said in a letter to senators Thursday obtained by Politico.

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