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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Enough said!!!!!
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.
Ya.... the real criminals might be exposed and indicted!!
Of course, he is deep state intelligence. He knows they are truly threatened and in trouble.
“Seasoned leadership” has given us the dangerous world and plethora of dysfunctional govt agencies from which we now suffer.
Project much you deep state AHs.
[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.
Maybe we shouldn’t have 18 intelligence services ? Seems a tad excessive . I think Tulsi will do a good job
I have no idea who Kash is though .
He'll be 100, March 6.
Add to that, the title of the article mentioned Reagan, but Webster was Carter's appointment.
And finally where are Webster's remarks about the Biden DOJ lawfare?
They don't exist.
Time for Webster to take up shuffleboard or pickleball. His days are over.
I always defer to 101 year old spies.
Good job
I am now doubly supportive of Patel and Gabbard.
Webster is a part of the seditious CIA of the VP Bush era that arranged the assassination of JFK.
I am surprised anyone would even publish anything he has to say, he is a a supporter of the weaponization of our government against The People.
Ask the creaky old bastid why the US Census has a GPS database of our homes that can be used as targeting data for drones and missiles.
Ask the creaky old bastard why the deep state has accumulated a DNA database on every American.
We need to fight back against seditious buggers like “Webster.” A foul collegian who hates America.
More deep-state elder abuse.
The idiot from that era is literally a 100 years old. The damned fool was completely silent during the last 20 years of hideous CIA and FBI abuses, but when someone goes after them, lord how they squeal.
Webster just an old fart, pure establishment!
Do we really need that many intel agencies?
Time to revoke about a million security clearances!
Oldster should be dangling off a tree...
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