What was billed internally as a quick stopover on Oahu has turned into a public relations rip current for FBI Director Kash Patel, after government emails revealed he took part in a military-coordinated "VIP snorkel" around the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor last August.

When Kash Patel visited Hawaii last summer, the FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau's Honolulu field office and meetings with local law...

The historic battleship, resting at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, serves as the final resting place for more than 900 sailors and Marines.