Homeland Security Unable to Account for Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Training
The department was only able to account for $1.9 million of $1.4 billion that was appropriated in fiscal 2014.
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DEA Accused of Wasting $850,000 on One Informant Who Worked for Amtrak
An Amtrak was paid more than $850,000 to act as an informant for the DEA over the past 20 years, but none of the information that was received was new to the federal agency.
Investigation: Secret Service Employees Improperly Accessed Data to Embarrass a Critic
An internal Homeland Security investigation found that Secret Service employees improperly accessed a database 60 times in search of information that would embarrass House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz.
High-Level Sources Told Secret Service Director about Leak of Rep. Chaffetz’s Personnel File
Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy knew about the improper leaking of Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s personnel file at least a week before the information became public, the Inspector General of the Homeland Security found.
IG: Secret Service Leaked Private File to Embarrass Congressman Who Criticized Agency
An internal government investigation has found that the Secret Service leaked a private file of a congressman in an attempt to embarrass him.
Senators Work on Legislation to Require FBI to Disclose ‘All’ Records to Watchdogs
Inspectors general are the watchdogs of federal agencies like the FBI, but they have been stymied by a bureau that has declined to turn over critical records during investigations.
Cleveland.com Editorial: TSA Gives Little Reason for Confidence in Security
By Editorial Board Cleveland.com At airports around the country, including Cleveland Hopkins International, passengers entering the security wringer run by the Transportation Security Administration have been entertained by a display of some of the instruments of mayhem that agents have taken from people over the TSA’s 14-year history. Earlier this year, the TSA proudly released a year-end…
Investigation Opens to Find Leak of Alarming Study about Airport Security
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was an alarming discovery: An undercover operation found that investigators could slip through airport security with weapons and phony bombs more than 95% of the time, the Washington Post reports. But that information, which quickly spread nationwide, is considered “classified,” so whoever leaked it could face termination or even jail…