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WASHINGTON (AP) — When Kash Patel visited Hawaii last summer, the FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau’s Honolulu field office and meetings with local law enforcement.
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Left out of the FBI’s news releases was an exclusive excursion that Patel took days later when he participated in what government officials described as a “VIP snorkel” around the USS Arizona in an outing coordinated by the military. The sunken battleship entombs more than 900 sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor.
The swim, revealed in government emails obtained by The Associated Press, comes to light amid criticism of Patel’s use of the FBI plane and his global travel, which have blurred professional responsibilities with leisure activities. The FBI did not disclose the snorkeling session or that Patel had returned to Hawaii for two days after his initial stopover on the island.
Over 900+Sailors and Marines remain entombed aboard the Arizona. The U.S.S. Arizona is sacred to the U.S. Navy, Patel desecrated that hallowed ground. Just like Arlington Cemetery. The men who rest there do so in honored rest. When you visit, you have a gig out the actual ship, the names of our honored dead are engraved on the wall. They died n opening hours of WWII. To this day, oil will still bubble our the ship. The Ariizona NOT a place to snorkel it is a place to honor the men who died in opening hours of WWIIk Patel did NOT honor our dead, he desecrated the Arizona.
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Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel's Hawaii trip included 'VIP snorkel' at a Pearl Harbor memorial
Government emails obtained by The Associated Press show that FBI Director Kash Patel went on a “VIP snorkel” session last summer at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.
apnews.com
Left out of the FBI’s news releases was an exclusive excursion that Patel took days later when he participated in what government officials described as a “VIP snorkel” around the USS Arizona in an outing coordinated by the military. The sunken battleship entombs more than 900 sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor.
The swim, revealed in government emails obtained by The Associated Press, comes to light amid criticism of Patel’s use of the FBI plane and his global travel, which have blurred professional responsibilities with leisure activities. The FBI did not disclose the snorkeling session or that Patel had returned to Hawaii for two days after his initial stopover on the island.
Over 900+Sailors and Marines remain entombed aboard the Arizona. The U.S.S. Arizona is sacred to the U.S. Navy, Patel desecrated that hallowed ground. Just like Arlington Cemetery. The men who rest there do so in honored rest. When you visit, you have a gig out the actual ship, the names of our honored dead are engraved on the wall. They died n opening hours of WWII. To this day, oil will still bubble our the ship. The Ariizona NOT a place to snorkel it is a place to honor the men who died in opening hours of WWIIk Patel did NOT honor our dead, he desecrated the Arizona.
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