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The FBI has rejected suggestions that Director Kash Patel acted improperly by snorkeling near a sacred Pearl Harbor shipwreck, after The Associated Press reported criticism of the trip by a marine veteran who said it was like a 'bachelor party.'
The AP obtained government emails which revealed that, after visiting a field office in Hawaii in August, Patel went on what was described by government officials as a "VIP snorkel" expedition around the sunken USS Arizona, and the veteran who watches over the hallowed site said it was inappropriate.
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