By Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, CNN(CNN) — In a memo to FBI employees, Director Kash Patel announced that some officials would be returning to the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, to reexamine the agency’s intelligence work, marking a stark shift for Patel, who has previously celebrated cutting the number of agents in the nation’s capital. “To stay at the forefront of the intelligence community, some updates to the FBI’s Intelligence Program are needed,” Patel announced Tuesday in the memo sent to bureau employees and reviewed by CNN. The announcement comes on the heels of several apparent lone wolf attacks in the US, including the recent assassination of Patel’s friend, right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, and several mass shootings at churches and schools. “Thanks for all you do to keep the mission first. And remember, it all starts and ends with intelligence,” Patel concluded the memo.