Patel has not released any official comment regarding his decision to close the office. But Elizabeth Goitein, senior director at the Brennan Center for Justice, told Gizmodo via email, “It is hard to ...

FBI director Kash Patel has closed an internal watchdog office tasked with ensuring compliance with surveillance rules.Patel helped spur the creation of the Office of Internal Auditing he's now ...

The office audited the bureau’s use of a disputed warrantless wiretap law that is set to expire next spring unless Congress reauthorizes it.