'Accountability demands it': FBI to issue 'Patel Report' examining past failures

FBI Director Kash Patel/Image: AP The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is issuing what it calls the “Patel Report,” ostensibly named after Director Kash Patel, to its workforce, examining chapters in the bureau’s history “where this institution fell short,” The Associated Press reported.According to an internal message to FBI employees signed by bureau co-deputy directors Christopher Raia and Andrew Bailey, the Patel Report “looks backward because accountability demands it.” Bailey announced his resignation earlier this week, with Friday being his last working day.At his confirmation hearing last year, Patel had pledged that he would not look “backward.” However, as director, he has encouraged investigations into former senior officials and presided over sweeping terminations, including of employees who participated in years-old investigations of US President Donald Trump, were photographed taking a knee during a 2020 racial justice protest, or contributed to a disputed analytical memo about Catholic extremism.Meanwhile, the FBI co-deputy directors' message further described the Patel Report as marking the “closing of one chapter in our history and the beginning of another, co...