‘More and more’ FBI agents will come to Alabama, Kash Patel says on Redstone Arsenal tour

Following a tour of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, FBI Director Kash Patel said that ”more and more” FBI agents will be sent to work at the facility.

Patel toured the FBI facility along with Alabama’s two senators, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala, and Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala.

According to WAFF, Patel told reporters that Redstone Arsenal was, “one of the gems in the FBI’s crown jewel,“ due to it being an important and reliable place to train agents.

“And I just want to let America know, part of the move to get FBI agents, and intel analysts and support staff out in the field is going to come right through Redstone Arsenal,” Patel said.

“We’re going to put more and more and more people here on a permanent basis from the FBI.”

Patel, previously appointed by President Donald Trump, also referenced a prior order he made to transfer 500 workers from Washington D.C. to the FBI facility at Redstone Arsenal.

“By the end of the year, we’re going to have over 500 more FBI full time employees living [here], not part time, coming here, moving here, working here, living in your communities,” Patel said.

“And they’re going to do the thing that coach (Tuberville) and senator Britt said, we’re going to get after violent crime, we’re going to crush down the narcotics trade, we’re going to seal up our borders.“

The number of FBI workers in Huntsville could balloon to 6,000 after Patel told Britt he was in favor of moving 4,000 workers to Redstone Arsenal during a confirmation hearing in January.