Outrage after FBI director Kash Patel snorkels at Pearl Harbor shipwreck

Patel has caused fury with his controversial choice of snorkelling venue (Picture: Getty Images)

Kash Patel’s trip to Hawaii last summer was supposed to be fairly straightforward.

A few meetings with local law enforcement. A visit to the FBI’s Honolulu field office. The usual photos of important-looking people standing around in polo shirts beside flags. All very standard stuff.

Instead, months later, the FBI director has found himself at the centre of a row involving snorkelling gear, one of America’s most sacred military memorials, and a lot of deeply unhappy veterans.

According to the Associated Press, emails show Patel was grante...