Whatever They Think of Kash Patel, Ex-FBI Agents Agree: Change Is Needed

‘There’s a myriad of things that the bureau has done in recent years that we would have never, ever have done,’ says one top agent, now retired.

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Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to be FBI director, is sworn in at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee January 30, 2025 at Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The FBI that Lewis Schiliro remembers, the one he has always believed in and devoted 25 years of his career to, investigates facts. It takes risks and pursues leads, unspoiled by political motivations or personal grievances.

Mr. Schiliro hails from a generation of agents that helped propel the bureau away from J. Edgar Hoover’s Machiavellian tenure and into its modern age.

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