By Evaristo Lara
Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), continues to attract the attention of the media, but not for his performance as an official, but for allegedly using his public position to enjoy personal activities.
A few weeks ago an article appeared in the magazine Atlanticwhich mentioned the excessive consumption of alcohol that Kash Patel has incurred to the point of becoming untraceable after a few nights of drinking.
Previously, information related to the alleged improper use of an official plane to carry out private and even recreational trips was also leaked.
And now, the news agency Linked Press (AP) He exhibited it for having snorkeled near the wreckage of the USS Arizona, a warship where more than 900 American sailors and infantrymen lost their lives. during a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
That is why, as a tribute and respect, swimming, snorkeling or diving is restricted.
However, this limitation does not seem to have stopped Kash Patel’s desire to cool off in the waters of Pearl Harbor.
According to APthe incident occurred during an official visit by the head of the FBI to Hawaii last August.
Although snorkeling was not on Patel’s public agenda, the news agency discovered it through government emails to which it had access.
In this regard, Ben Williamson, FBI spokesman, published a statement on platform
“As part of our activities in the Indo-Pacific theater, the Indo-Pacific commander kindly offered to host the director and his team at the Pearl Harbor-Hickam Joint Sinister, as he typically does with US government officials on official trips.
“This was part of the public national security activities that the director held last August with his counterparts in New Zealand, Australia, our Field Office in Honolulu and the War Department,” he said.
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