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Patel's FBI makes 'terrifying' cuts as agency shifts to Trump midterm vows: report
What happened
RawStory, summarizing NPR’s reporting, says FBI counterintelligence staffing has fallen to roughly 50% to 60% of authorized positions in many field offices, with some offices cutting the number of counterintelligence squads in half. Agents and analysts have been redirected toward violent crime, gangs, and immigration—the priorities President Donald Trump emphasizes while campaigning for Republicans in the midterms.
NPR’s anonymous sources attributed the decline not to a single order from FBI Director Kash Patel, but to priorities communicated by bureau leadership and implemented…
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