Emails show Patel trip included 'VIP snorkel' at Pearl Harbor memorial

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Government emails obtained by The Associated Press show that FBI Director Kash Patel went on a “VIP snorkel” session last summer at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.

The FBI didn't publicize the excursion or Patel's return to Hawaii after official visits to Australia and New Zealand.

With few exceptions, snorkeling and diving are off-limits around the USS Arizona.

The battleship is now a military cemetery reachable only by boat.

It has stood as one of the nation’s most hallowed sites since Japan bombed and sank the ship in 1941.

A Navy spokesperson confirms the outing but says the service wasn't able to track down who initiated it.

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