Unnamed whistleblower claims Patel inserted himself in a hostage exchange mission and provided public comment without authorization
Kash Patel, the Trump loyalist tapped to lead the Federal Bureau of Intelligence, reportedly broke national security protocol in 2020 by publicly speaking about a hostage rescue in Yemen without authorization – the latest concern among Democrats already questioning his judgement during high-stakes moments.
Patel, who served as a senior advisor to the acting director of national intelligence Ric Grennell, allegedly “inserted himself inappropriately” in the hostage recovery mission that took place in October 2020 and disclosed information about it to the Wall Street Journal “several hours” before the hostages were confirmed in U.S. custody.
That’s according to an unnamed whistleblower who disclosed the “highly credible information” to Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, CBS News reports.
Senator Dick Durbin, the ranking member of the committee, relayed the information to Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Acting Treasury Secretary David Lebryk in a letter on Tuesday.
Expressing concern, Durbin asked for information related to the hostage recovery mission including all communications between Patel and the team that assisted in the rescue of Sandra Loli and Mikael Gidada as well as the recovery of Bilal Fateen’s remains from Iranian-backed militants in Yemen.
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