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Exclusive-Kash Patel on the FBI's defining test: securing the World Cup

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By Jana WinterABOARD FBI JET, June 11 (Reuters) - With 48 teams, 36 base camps and 11 stadiums, the World Cup, which kicks off on Thursday, is one of the biggest security challenges the FBI has ever faced.That'sbeforeyouaccount for 3 million visitors, including heads of state, not to mention threats from drones, spies, terrorists, drunken fans,cartelsor pyrotechnics."It's a huge lift, probably the biggest lift in FBI history, in American history," said FBI Director Kash Patel in a mid-flight interview aboard the bureau's Gulfstream jet.