By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Homeland Security officials appear to have an affinity for Starbucks.
NBC-4 Washington reports that Homeland Security employees spent $30,000 at the coffee chain in 2013.
The drinks were bought with so-called purchase cards.
At a Starbucks in Alameda, Calif., agency employees spent $12,000.
“I don’t know the agency’s needs or contingencies, but going to Starbucks seems like a really hard sell,” former Inspector General for the U.S. General Services Administration Brian Miller said.
A DHS spokesman said the purchases followed protocol.
