A MAGA true believer, and Donald Trump's choice to head the F.B.I., he's the tip of the spear of Trump's apparent effort to use the courts to go after his perceived enemies in the media and on Capitol Hill. 

The mainstream Democratic-oriented press is apoplectic about the appointment.  The Christian Science Monitor said it most clearly when it wrote that,

"Democrats invoke (the notorious late F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover) as they warn about Mr. Patel, suggesting he will target political enemies.  Republicans, though, compare Hoover's tenure to what they say is a modern 'deep state" resisting and harassing Mr. Trump." 

That's the bottom line. Democrats compare him to Hoover while Republicans argue that he's the anti-Hoover.

I'm here to argue that Kash Patel is exactly what Americans need right now at the F.B.I.  We need somebody with the guts and the political authority to burn the F.B.I. down, at least figuratively.

First, I'm under no illusions that Kash Patel is a good guy. According to former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, Patel is "salivating" at the opportunity to investigate and, apparently, charge former Rep. Liz Cheney with some sort of crime because of her work on the Jan. 6 Committee. 

This is not only wrong, it also ignores the fact that Cheney had congressional immunity for her work because she was serving in an official capacity for the committee. Nothing will come of any investigation.  

The press also has opined that Patel will target police officers who arrested protestors at the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol for investigation.  Again, the police have qualified immunity, and nothing will come of the idea. 

He has also called for the prosecution of a wide range of political figures, including President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and outgoing F.B.I. Director Christopher Wray.  Again, they have immunity, and nothing will come of Patel's rhetoric.

With that said, my view is that it's the F.B.I. that's the "bad guy" here.  Here's just a sampling of F.B.I. crimes over the years;