FBI director Kash Patel says Wellington office shows the agency is ‘prioritising a permanent presence across all Five Eyes countries’

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Thursday it had opened a dedicated attaché office in Wellington, where it had for eight years deployed staff under its Australian division.

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