Anyone who reads spy thrillers knows the importance of Five Eyes, the intelligence-sharing agreement between the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Some countries have stopped sharing with the U.S. altogether.

So it's understandable intelligence officials were left “incredulous” as FBI Director Kash Patel axed an agent’s job in London, compromising an intelligence-sharing agreement between the two countries in place since 1938. Via Raw Story:

During a visit to London in May, Patel assured officials with M15 – the UK’s domestic intelligence agency – that he would preserve an FBI job in London. It had, however, already been axed, The New York Times reported Monday .

“It was a jarring introduction to Mr. Patel’s leadership style for British officials,”

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