Kash Patel has four FBI SWAT agents and two SUVs guarding his country singer girlfriend around Nashville. He brought her to a closed-door fentanyl meeting where families of overdose victims gave testimony. A former senior official estimated the detail costs taxpayers $1 million a year. Before overtime. The SWAT team has accompanied her to singing gigs. To a hair appointment. When an FBI official recommended a threat assessment to determine if the detail was even necessary, Patel berated him. He said his authority alone was enough. The same week, a New York Times reporter wrote about the SWAT detail. The FBI opened an investigation into the reporter. The Department of Justice shut it down and called it retaliation.