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Showing Original Post only (View all)Raw Story: FBI officials 'livid' after Kash Patel risked 'tragic results' by leaking hostage rescue [View all]
Raw Story - FBI officials 'livid' after Kash Patel risked 'tragic results' by leaking hostage rescue
David Edwards
January 27, 2025 2:49PM ET
Senate Democrats demanded answers after a whistleblower came forward with allegations that Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, leaked details about a hostage rescue mission.
In a letter obtained by CBS News, Senate Democrats asked Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Acting Treasury Secretary David Lebryk, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to turn over records of communications between Patel and the FBI's Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, the government's hostage rescue team.
According to the letter, Patel "broke protocol regarding hostage rescues by publicly commenting without authorization on the then-in-progress retrieval of two Americans held captive by Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in October 2020."
Patel confirmed details of the rescue to The Wall Street Journal in a report published "several hours before the hostages were in the confirmed custody of the United States," the letter said.
"In the end the Americans returned home safely, but FBI officials involved in the mission were livid over Patel's leak, which they regarded as reckless and potentially risking tragic results," the CBS report explained.
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David Edwards
January 27, 2025 2:49PM ET
Senate Democrats demanded answers after a whistleblower came forward with allegations that Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, leaked details about a hostage rescue mission.
In a letter obtained by CBS News, Senate Democrats asked Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Acting Treasury Secretary David Lebryk, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to turn over records of communications between Patel and the FBI's Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, the government's hostage rescue team.
According to the letter, Patel "broke protocol regarding hostage rescues by publicly commenting without authorization on the then-in-progress retrieval of two Americans held captive by Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in October 2020."
Patel confirmed details of the rescue to The Wall Street Journal in a report published "several hours before the hostages were in the confirmed custody of the United States," the letter said.
"In the end the Americans returned home safely, but FBI officials involved in the mission were livid over Patel's leak, which they regarded as reckless and potentially risking tragic results," the CBS report explained.
/snip
CBS News - FBI insider raises concerns about Kash Patel's role in hostage rescue
By Daniel Klaidman
Updated on: January 27, 2025 / 2:44 PM EST / CBS News
Days before this week's high-stakes confirmation hearing of Kash Patel to be FBI director, a bureau insider has come forward with new information questioning Patel's judgment during sensitive hostage rescue missions, CBS News has learned.
The whistleblower, whose identity is being withheld by Senate Democrats for fear of retaliation, worked with the FBI's Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, which leads the government's missions to rescue hostages overseas. The whistleblower alleges that Patel violated firmly entrenched protocols to keep such operations under wraps until the captives are safely in U.S. hands and their families have been notified.
In a letter obtained by CBS News, Sen. Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote that Patel, while serving on the National Security Council during the first Trump term, "broke protocol regarding hostage rescues by publicly commenting without authorization on the then-in-progress retrieval of two Americans held captive by Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in October 2020."
According to the letter, on Oct. 14 at 10:55 a.m., the Wall Street Journal published a story in which Patel confirmed that the two American captives and the remains of a third were exchanged for two hundred Houthi fighters who were being held in Saudi Arabia. According to the letter, the news report was published "several hours before the hostages were in the confirmed custody of the United States." In the end the Americans returned home safely, but FBI officials involved in the mission were livid over Patel's leak, which they regarded as reckless and potentially risking tragic results.
/snip
By Daniel Klaidman
Updated on: January 27, 2025 / 2:44 PM EST / CBS News
Days before this week's high-stakes confirmation hearing of Kash Patel to be FBI director, a bureau insider has come forward with new information questioning Patel's judgment during sensitive hostage rescue missions, CBS News has learned.
The whistleblower, whose identity is being withheld by Senate Democrats for fear of retaliation, worked with the FBI's Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, which leads the government's missions to rescue hostages overseas. The whistleblower alleges that Patel violated firmly entrenched protocols to keep such operations under wraps until the captives are safely in U.S. hands and their families have been notified.
In a letter obtained by CBS News, Sen. Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote that Patel, while serving on the National Security Council during the first Trump term, "broke protocol regarding hostage rescues by publicly commenting without authorization on the then-in-progress retrieval of two Americans held captive by Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in October 2020."
According to the letter, on Oct. 14 at 10:55 a.m., the Wall Street Journal published a story in which Patel confirmed that the two American captives and the remains of a third were exchanged for two hundred Houthi fighters who were being held in Saudi Arabia. According to the letter, the news report was published "several hours before the hostages were in the confirmed custody of the United States." In the end the Americans returned home safely, but FBI officials involved in the mission were livid over Patel's leak, which they regarded as reckless and potentially risking tragic results.
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Raw Story: FBI officials 'livid' after Kash Patel risked 'tragic results' by leaking hostage rescue [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Jan 27
OP
Exactly! And Patel at head of FBI will assure top tier bad guys will know about any/all investigations
Attilatheblond
Jan 27
#7
FBI will target Trump's enemies only, white collar criminals will skate if they contribute to Trump.
sop
Jan 27
#29
No, it's not just a "rookie mistake", there are real consequences for voting these incompetents into positions of power.
Exp
Jan 27
#13
Someone who is so totally unprepared and unqualified/disqualified is going to fuck up
William Seger
Jan 27
#21
No matter what crimes Trump's henchmen commit, no one will enforce the law and hold them accountable.
sop
Jan 27
#31