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Daily Mail: FBI Director Kash Patel, 45, known for his close relationship with MAGA politics, has demanded sweeping loyalty tests and extensive vetting procedures for the agency's staff, indicating the FBI's latest leader may not fully trust the agency he was named to lead.
The FBI director, whose critics have branded him a conspiracy theorist, also inquired about hiring his own private security detail not long after his Senate confirmation in February, The Wall Street Journal reported
As director, Patel is automatically assigned a team of FBI agents tasked with ensuring his safety, however, his latest request suggests that he is not willing to place his life in the hands of his very own agents.
The former prosecutor also inquired about how to get a secure phone line directly to the Oval Office from both his FBI office in Washington D.C. and his home, according to the Journal.
Patel reportedly claimed he did not wish to go through the FBI landline in his office, but instead a direct line to his ally, President Donald Trump.
Under the usual chain of command, the FBI director would contact the president through the Attorney General, like all FBI directors have since J. Edgar Hoover in 1929.
The indirect line of contact was allegedly installed to help maintain distance and demonstrate independence from the White House.
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