​Senior FBI officials are not allowed to bring cell phones to their offices. A secured landline is already there on the desks of many FBI officials that can connect them to the White House, the CIA and other national security agencies. ​​But Kash Patel asked for a secured line direct to President Donald Trump both from his office and home, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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