Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say
- Posted on March 3, 2026
- By CNN
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Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say
Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
