Article continues below advertisementJust days before the United States launched a major military operation against Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired more than a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit focused on foreign threats.The firings targeted the Bureau's Washington-based CI-12 unit.Article continues below advertisementWhy Did Kash Patel Fire Agents?Source: megaKash Patel dismissed more than a dozen agents from the FBI's CI-12 unit days before the U.S. strikes.