By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-29 15:02:10 | Updated at 2025-01-06 12:47:04
1 week ago
Reagan FBI director urges caution against Gabbard, Patel
ABC News | Disney ^ | December 28, 2024 | By Luke Barr
Posted on 12/29/2024 6:53:11 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The only man to lead both the FBI and the CIA urged caution to senators who might vote to confirm former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence and Kash Patel to lead the FBI, according to a letter sent to senators this week.
"I am deeply concerned about the potential nominations of Mr. Kash Patel to lead the FBI and the inclusion of Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as DNI in intelligence roles," William Webster, who led the FBI during the Carter and Reagan administrations and the CIA after that, said in a letter to senators on Thursday.
Webster wrote that Patel's loyalty to Trump may cause problems.
"Statements such as 'He’s my intel guy' and 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," said Webster, who turns 101 in March.
Webster added that Gabbard's "profound lack of intelligence experience and the daunting task of overseeing 18 disparate intelligence agencies further highlight the need for seasoned leadership."
"History has shown us the dangers of compromising this independence. When leaders of these organizations become too closely aligned with political figures, public confidence erodes and our nation’s security is jeopardized," he wrote. "Every president deserves appointees they trust, but the selection process must prioritize competence and independence to uphold the rule of law."
Webster did endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president in 2024 and Joe Biden for president in 2020.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deep; state
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Webster did endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president in 2024 and Joe Biden for president in 2020.
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Enough said!!!!!
2 posted on 12/29/2024 6:55:41 AM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Of course the old coots don’t want reform to take place.
They had it their way.
The FBI and CIA have been completely corrupted under guys like Webster. He needs to STFU.
3 posted on 12/29/2024 6:56:05 AM PST by Gnome1949
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Ya.... the real criminals might be exposed and indicted!!
4 posted on 12/29/2024 6:56:28 AM PST by high info voter (Delivery )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Of course, he is deep state intelligence. He knows they are truly threatened and in trouble.
5 posted on 12/29/2024 6:56:55 AM PST by Openurmind
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“Seasoned leadership” has given us the dangerous world and plethora of dysfunctional govt agencies from which we now suffer.
6 posted on 12/29/2024 6:58:01 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
loyalty to individuals rather than the rule of law
Project much you deep state AHs.
7 posted on 12/29/2024 6:58:50 AM PST by AndyJackson
To: pollywog
[Webster did endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president in 2024 and Joe Biden for president in 2020.]
Exactly. That is ALL you need to know right there in one sentence.
8 posted on 12/29/2024 7:00:34 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Day's of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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