'Slap in the face:' Bongino appointment sends shockwaves through FBI

By John Shiffman, Sarah N. Lynch, Joseph Tanfani and Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a memo on Sunday evening, the FBI Agents Association told its 14,000 members that new director Kash Patel had assured them that he would follow tradition and name a career special agent with operational expertise as his deputy director. "Director Patel agreed," said the memo, which Reuters reviewed. An