Overview
- The New York Times reports Patel assured MI5 that an FBI London post would be maintained even though its funding had already been cut, and the agent later returned to the United States.
- British security officials called an emergency meeting after Patel’s entourage arrived seeking to carry firearms despite UK restrictions, according to accounts cited in the coverage.
- In New Zealand, Patel presented 3D-printed replica pistols as gifts that were illegal under local law, and police ordered them destroyed, the commissioner said.
- Former U.S. and allied officials say dismissals of senior FBI personnel and shifts away from counterintelligence and counterterrorism have left partners concerned the bureau is adrift.
- The FBI declined to discuss Patel’s exchanges with MI5 as reporting describes strained cooperation and no public moves to reverse the eliminated London position.