Kash Patel’s Iran agent firings are a catch-22 for the FBI director

Given President Donald Trump’s public opprobrium after the FBI uncovered troves of highly classified government documents on his Mar-a-Lago property, it’s hardly surprising that the White House’s purge of bureau figures has finally come for those agents involved in the 2022 raid. More surprising, however, are reports that among those fired by Director Kash Patel this week were multiple agents involved in extensive counterintelligence investigations, including ones concerning Iran, a country with whom the government is essentially...