From Mar‑a‑Lago to Moscow: how Trump’s FBI chief is shredding allies’ faith in US intelligence

The FBI chief Kash Patel is heading to Moscow, where he is to be hosted by the Russian security service, the FSB. Nothing wrong with that in principle: under the previous administration the then CIA chief Bill Burns regularly acted as message-carrier to the Kremlin.

But news of the visit comes as allies’ trust in American spookdom is hitting new lows, warns Edward Lucas.