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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Federal Auditor: 2,527 DHS Employees and Co-Conspirators Convicted of Crimes

There have been 2,527 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees and co-conspirators convicted of corruption and other criminal misconduct since 2004, according to a federal auditor.
Charles Edwards, the acting inspector general (IG) at DHS, made that revelation in written testimony prepared for an Aug. 1 hearing held by the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management.

In his remarks, Edwards added that as of July 15, the DHS OIG (Office of the Inspector General) was dealing with 1,591 open criminal cases involving DHS employees and some accomplices. Some cases date back to fiscal year 2004 (Oct. 1, 2003 thru Sept. 30, 2004) although the majority of the open investigations were initiated in the last three fiscal years. The DHS started operating in March 2003.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Deep down, is anyone really surprised?

This agency, along with a few others, including EPA, TSA, et al, needs to be shut down.

And from what I have been hearing and reading about our border patrol, it needs a serious overhaul, at the very least.

This is not the country I grew up in. How far must we decline before someone puts the brakes on?