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Patel Fires Five FBI Analysts Tied to Controversial 2023 Memo Linking Far-Right Extremists to Catholic Groups

Kash Patel criticised over an undisclosed snorkelling visit at Pearl Harbour's USS Arizona memorial, a protected WWII gravesite. (Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Five FBI analysts have been dismissed by Director Kash Patel in Washington over their involvement in a 2023 internal intelligence memo that linked some far-right extremist activity to 'radical-traditionalist Catholic' groups.

According to the NY Times, the move is part of the FBI's reshuffle under the Trump administration, which has raised claims of political interference inside US law enforcement.

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