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FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrested White House UFC attack plot during a public hearing, the Secret Service says, blowing the cover off an active investigation into multiple ongoing threats against the event.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced during a public congressional hearing that agents had arrested someone planning to attack a White House UFC event. The Secret Service says this disclosure blew the cover off an active investigation into multiple ongoing threats against the same event. By announcing the arrest publicly, Patel tipped off other people who may have been involved or planning related attacks.
This is a straightforward operational problem: investigators usually keep arrests quiet until they've rolled up the full network. Public disclosure can cause other suspects to go dark or destroy evidence. The fact that the Secret Service felt compelled to complain about this to Congress suggests the damage was significant enough to disrupt their work.
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