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Saturday, January 09, 2016

DEA HIRED TSA INFORMANT TO CONFISCATE TRAVELERS’ CASH

Informant promised a cut of all cash seizures, DOJ investigation finds.

An investigative summary released by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday reveals that Drug Enforcement Agnecy (DEA) paid a Security Screener with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to alert them to travelers carrying large sums of cash.

The report, released by the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), summarizes whether the DEA acted accordingly in registering a TSA employee as a paid Confidential Source (CS).

“The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated this investigation upon the receipt of information from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport Security Screener had been registered as a paid Confidential Source (CS) for the DEA,” the summary states.

“This investigation was initiated to determine whether it was appropriate for the DEA to register a TSA employee as a CS and pay the employee for providing information to the DEA that the employee obtained during the course of his official duties.”

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gee wonder how much "cash" made it to the DEA coffers and how much went to someones home?

Anonymous said...

It is clearly the Government vs The People.

Anyone in government just thinks of the non government people as the surfs

lmclain said...

WHERE are all the "if you aren't doing anything wrong, then don't worry" bootlicking, Nazi wanna-be, cheerleading buffoons?
How many times do your "leaders" and their minions have to be caught stealing, robbing, killing, raping, lying, cheating, and scamming you before you see the truth? Or admit the truth to yourself?
NO ONE is "protecting" you. Or is concerned about your "safety".
What they are concerned with is "do you have a wallet or a purse?".
Doing anything "wrong" is no longer the yardstick for measuring or qualifying an "interaction" with authorities. THAT is the tipping point in the slide toward an Orwellian society so many of you seem to willingly embrace.
Money (yours, and soon to be, theirs) is the common denominator.
KEEP CHEERING.

Anonymous said...

Yep, the concern over "your safety" is just the excuse to get us all to go along with the status quo.

KBinLA said...

We need, I'll say that again, need a political outsider to cull these cultist bastards. And that folks, is why I support Donald Trump. I truly believe he'll cut the head off of the serpent that is our federal government.

Unknown said...

KBinLA - do you really think Trump is going to do that?