Former FBI Agents believe that Kash Patel is the right pick to reform the FBI. 

Ben Sothers, a former FBI agent, told The Washington Times: “I like him. … I think he can certainly bring the cultural changes needed in the bureau. It seems like he prioritizes the Constitution and the American people over political initiatives, which is how an FBI director should be... He’s a really transparent guy who was a public defender, so he understands due process to an extent that most people won’t."

Dal Rae Beach, a former supervisory special agent who worked at the bureau for 13 years, told The Washington Times that Kash is the "kind of director we really need" and praised his "amazing background in national security."

Daniel Boyer, a former FBI special agent of 24 years, told The Washington Times, "He seems like a no-nonsense guy. I’m just so tired of the same old, same old."

Kash Patel has received widespread praise since President Trump's announcement Saturday night.

Former National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien wrote: "President [Donald Trump] has made America safer & more just by his nomination of Kash Patel as Director of the FBI. He will be a worthy successor to my friend, Christopher Wray. Kash Patel served [as] a Snr. Director for counterterrorism when I was National Security Advisor. I was able to count on him to get any job done no matter how complex or difficult the task.  He handled some of the nation’s most sensitive issues with care and discretion. From assisting President Trump in the take down of ISIS and bringing justice to Kayla  Mueller’s murderer - al Baghdadi - to risking his life in Syria for hostage Austin Tice, Kash Patel fought for America. I have no doubt that Kash Patel will inspire our line FBI agents who want to fight crime, destroy the cartels, capture spies, and jail mobsters, thugs, fraudsters and traffickers."

And in a Fox News column, David Marcus wrote: "What Patel can bring to the FBI is fairness, honesty, the actual blindfold that lady justice is supposed to wear. No good person should fear that, it should not threaten anything true or just."