The memorial above the sunken battleship U.S.S. Arizona in Hawaii in 2016. Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, was accompanied by Navy SEALs on a “V.I.P. Snorkel” over the site that holds the remains of 1,100 Navy sailors and Marines who died at Pearl Harbor.
The bureau said it is not pursuing a case, but the scrutiny is an example of the Trump administration weighing whether to criminalize routine news gathering.
Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, during a House hearing last month. A New York Times reporter wrote about how he used bureau personnel to provide his girlfriend with government security and transportation.
Former F.B.I. officials say Mr. Patel beefed up field office staffing near his girlfriend in Nashville and ordered a team to ferry her on errands and to events.
An itinerary for Mr. Patel’s trip provides more granular detail, including long segments of personal time that suggest he was not immensely oversubscribed by official duties.
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