New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees from Washington to field offices around the country and move an additional 500 to a bureau facility in Huntsville,

Kash Patel, the newly appointed director of the FBI, has announced plans to relocate up to 1,500 employees from Washington, D.C., to other field offices across the country, including a significant transfer to Huntsville,

The FBI Director emphasised on the bureau’s traditional crime-fighting duties rather than the intelligence-gathering work

The message came as newly confirmed director Kash Patel told employees that bolstering field office personnel across the country was a top priority.