Massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca fails to keep fentanyl out of Clallam County.
Unlike many cities of its size, Port Angeles maintains a significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence.
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area. Our questions appear in bold type.
Does Port Angeles CBP provide an advantage in keeping drugs away from the Olympic Peninsula?
Jan 27, 2023 KONP FENTANYL NOW TOP DRUG IN CLALLAM COUNTY OVERDOSES
November 19, 2021 KONP CLALLAM TRACKING TO LARGEST YEARLY OVERDOSE DEATH RATE
Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?
How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?
Has a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security created any shortage of opioids in the Puget Sound area?
Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance?
Jan 21, 2023 Peninsula Daily News
Clallam County’s new sheriff calls for legislative changes
“Fentanyl is an epidemic, King said.”
New Port Angeles USBP Station opened more than a decade ago. Has the new station been able to reduce access to illegal drugs on the Olympic Peninsula?
Newspeople remain silent.
If you run a government operation-these are the reporters you want to see on interview day:
What role do 1,200-horsepower Border Patrol Interceptor boats play in keeping fentanyl away from Port Angeles?
Newspeople play the role of federal public affairs personnel during Operation Macho Swagger-a ride-along to let us know what is being done to keep the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca safe from B.C. incursions.
Operation Macho Swagger & Port Angeles Heroin:
Fast boats put agents in close distance with ‘bad guys’ on the watery border
More here:
Operation Macho Swagger & Port Angeles Heroin
A Fake War on Terror?
Cartel traffickers are frequently successful at what they do. If terrorists were just as interested in entering the US- it appears that federal departments and agencies would have no way to stop them.
Think terrorists are smart enough to pose as drug traffickers- then cross into the US free of screening, scanning, pat downs, special IDs, inspection of personal items, etc.
Homeland Security Vote of Confidence:
Jan 7, 2023 USA Today
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:
Port Angeles
Local people find drugs and report to local (not federal) law enforcement authorities. Federal employees create news story and say that federal agents used a K-9 to “seize” the drugs.
Question for CBP:
Why does the news story created by CBP not line up with local reports?
Question for mainstream newspeople:
If Port Angeles US Border Patrol agents used a K-9 to seize a significant amount of methamphetamine on April 11, why did federal agents not take over the investigation until May 3rd, three weeks later?
Mainstream newspeople remain silent.
May 3, 2021 Peninsula Daily News
Feds take over investigation after $7 million in drugs found
“Federal authorities have taken over the investigation into the early April discovery of 400 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine worth $7 million on a Joyce-area beach after no local-area connection with the drugs was established, according to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office.”
News links and Sheriff’s Dept. Facebook post here:
Port Angeles Border Patrol – Investigation Stalled For 3 Weeks?
Original blog post:
Port Angeles Border Patrol Agents Seize Meth?
More here:
December 7, 2022 United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington
More than 400 pounds of methamphetamine and two pounds of fentanyl powder show up on a beach near Port Angeles. Local CBP fails to keep product from entering Clallam County. How did this meth and fentanyl enter the US?
Zero questions from newspeople.
“On April 7, 2021, beachcombers near Port Angeles reported a black duffel bag with drugs inside. The Clallam County Sheriff’s office took possession of the bag found to contain 2 pounds of fentanyl powder and nearly 60 pounds of methamphetamine. The fentanyl powder was originally believed to be cocaine. Just days later, on April 11, 2021, a different beach walker reported another find – seven more duffel bags containing 342 pounds of methamphetamine. The Sheriff’s Office estimated the street value of the drugs as nearly $7 million.”
Related:
2017
Coast Guard comes home to Heroin at Port Angeles
2015
Cutter Active Returns to Heroin Epidemic After Successful Narcotics Patrol
Press Release Style of News Reporting
4 Stories The Puget Sound Press Will Not Question Or Report On
Photo-
South entrance- Port Townsend Ship Canal
Bizarre and overwhelming amounts of drugs washing up…odd. I’ve concluded our news information is just as controlled and tweeked as other countries who we claim do not have a free press. We are all in the dark.
Eileen,
Thanks for taking a look and commenting here.
Love to see TV newspeople show more initiative and curiosity in asking questions.
Another area where newspeople avoid asking questions:
Several Whidbey beaches remain closed all year long for recreational shellfish harvest because of sewage treatment outfall.
Sewage treatment outfall. Not stormwater. Not climate change.
Reporting on this topic appears to be completely off limits to the press.
Coupeville
“Clams, mussels and oysters CLOSED year-round.”
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
https://wdfw.wa.gov/places-to-go/shellfish-beaches/240170
North side of Penn Cove at Monroe Landing
“Clams, mussels and oysters CLOSED year-round.”
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
https://wdfw.wa.gov/places-to-go/shellfish-beaches/240130
Daily Status Reports:
Washington State Department of Health Shellfish Safety Map
https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/biotoxin/biotoxin.html