Voting is highly emphasized in American culture. Asking questions related to public policy takes a lower priority.
Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance?
A 5th grade book report would require more in the way of asking questions.
In the news:
March 6, 2020 NBC 7 San Diego
$558K Worth of Cocaine, Fentanyl Hidden in Seats of Man’s Car in Escondido
“The bust happened at around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday on northbound Interstate 15 in Escondido. CBP officials said a Border Patrol agent and his K9 partner stopped a 2007 Toyota Camry on the freeway for inspection.”
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for risking your ass in Iraq & Afghanistan-working to keep bad people from coming here to do bad things.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
Back at Ports of Entry
“Virtually all methamphetamine in the United States comes through major ports of entry along the Southwest Border and is transported by tractor trailers and personal vehicles along the nation’s highways to major transfer centers around the country.”
Source:
March 2, 2020 Auburn Examiner
DEA Announces Launch of Methamphetamine Initiative
“On a typical day, more than 70,000 commercial trucks and a quarter of a million private vehicles make their way across the U.S.-Mexico border.”
“That represents $7.3 billion in legitimate trade. But with only a fraction of those vehicles subjected to exhaustive inspection, it also opens a path for the Mexican drug cartels to flood American streets with methamphetamines.”
Source:
Feb 25, 2020 WCBD
Fentanyl-laced meth from Mexico poses new deadly threat, DEA says
More here:
Zero Questions from Puget Sound Area Newspeople – Drug War Press Release
Port Angeles – Post 911 CBP Spending Spree
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