The top law enforcement agency in the United States has cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), accusing the Jewish advocacy organisation and anti-Semitism watchdog of spying on conservatives. FBI Director Kash Patel made the announcement on Wednesday after prominent conservative influencers, including Elon Musk, pounced on the ADL’s inclusion of the murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in its “Glossary of Extremism and Hate”. “This FBI won’t partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs,” Patel said in a social media post. Comey called the ADL’s experience in investigating hate crimes “essential” and its training “eye-opening and insightful”. “If this sounds a bit like a love letter to the ADL, it is, and rightly so,” he said.