What Kash Patel Could Do to the FBI

Garrett Graff: “It goes almost without saying that Kash Patel, whom Donald Trump picked over the weekend to lead the FBI, is supremely unqualified to direct the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency…”

“Yet the Patel selection stands out as more concretely dangerous and worrisome than many of the other questionable Trump choices. The true danger is almost less about Mr. Patel and more about what it says about Mr. Trump and his approach to his new presidency.”

“To understand the full scope of the damage Mr. Patel could inflict, you have to understand how unique, powerful and dangerous the F.B.I. can be — and why a Patel directorship would likely corrupt and bend the institution for decades, even if he only served a few years.”