Port Angeles – Homeland Security/Drug War Scam 2011- 2024

Image above – South entrance- Port Townsend Ship Canal

Massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca fails to keep drug overdoses down in Clallam County.

Newspeople play along by not asking questions.

Welcome Home Troops

Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.

Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:

2024

In the news:

Mar 20, 2024 KONP

CLALLAM CORONER-INVESTIGATED DEATHS SHOW MOST HAD DRUGS IN SYSTEM

“Deputy Coroner Nathan Millet says the number of direct drug overdoses continues to climb locally. It set a record last year and put Clallam County as the second highest overdose rate by population in the state.”

Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance?

Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.

New Port Angeles USBP Station opened more than a decade ago. Has the new station been able to prevent cartel drugs from entering the Olympic Peninsula?

Newspeople remain silent.

If you run a government operation-these are the reporters you want to see on interview day:

More Than A Decade Of Efforts To Take Control

Unlike many cities of its size, Port Angeles, WA maintains a significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence.

2011 – Operation Macho Swagger & Port Angeles Heroin

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.

July 17, 2011 Peninsula Daily News

Fast boats put agents in close distance with ‘bad guys’ on the watery border

“Marine Interdiction Agent Adam Connerton zigzagged the 1,200-horsepower Border Patrol Interceptor behind the boat he and his crew were chasing.”

“The Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agents, stationed in Port Angeles, took a Peninsula Daily News reporter and photographer on a two-hour patrol ride-along last week along the 70 nautical miles of U.S.-Canadian border they patrol.”

“The station’s main focus is seeking out terrorists and terroristic weapons, weapons of mass destruction, drug and merchandise smuggling and boaters’ immigration status, Connerton said.”

“Connerton said he’s aware of the antipathy of some in Clallam and Jefferson counties toward stepped-up Customs and Border Protection activities in recent years, including an ongoing project to build a $5.7 million, 50-agent-capacity Border Patrol station in Port Angeles.”

“His division, located at the Port of Port Angeles’ industrial park near William R. Fairchild International Airport, has patrolled the North Olympic Peninsula for less than three years, beginning with him, another supervisor and three new agents, while the Border Patrol staff increased more than sixfold from 2006 to 2010.”

Information Suppression:

“Customs and Border Protection has refused to release arrest statistics for the North Olympic Peninsula that might be a factor in justifying the increase.”

2012

Feb 6, 2012 Everett Herald

New border patrol agent in charge at Port Angeles

“Cumbow oversees a force that has grown from four Border Patrol agents in 2006 to 42 under the Department of Homeland Security. In April they are scheduled to move from the federal building in downtown Port Angeles to a headquarters remodeled at cost of nearly $6 million.”

“The agents are responsible for Clallam and Jefferson counties. Additional agents with the Office of Air and Marine operate out of Port of Port Angeles and other agents from the Office of Field Operations monitor the U.S. port of entry at the Port Angeles ferry dock. All three agencies operate under the administrative umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.”

Sept 16, 2012 Peninsula Daily News

Border Patrol cuts ribbon for new $11.9 million facility in Port Angeles

“The Border Patrol celebrated the grand opening of its fenced, sprawling headquarters, an expanded facility for its 42 agents, to the plaintive strains of a bagpipe and an appreciative reaction from a crowd of invitation-only guests.”

“The federal government paid the Eagles Aerie $2.1 million for the land and spent $9.8 million renovating the building.”

“The agency’s agents, who cover Clallam and Jefferson counties and whose territory ranges down to the Columbia River in Oregon, began moving into the 19,000-square-foot facility July 27.”

“The facility also has new offices for the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team.”

“The 42 agents working out of the new facility represent a more than tenfold increase from the four that worked out of the Anderson Building in 2006, according to information from George Behan, a spokesman for 6th District U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, whose constituency includes Clallam and Jefferson counties.”

“The staffing numbers were confirmed Friday by Bates, Behan said.”

Information Suppression Request:

Federal Government asks newspeople to restrict the questions they ask:

“Jones asked a Peninsula Daily News reporter to interview only Border Patrol personnel selected by the agency and to confine interviews of selected personnel to topics concerning the station’s opening.”

“A Border Patrol agent who was asked about the proceedings referred questions to the agency’s public affairs office.”

Today

After a Port Angeles CBP buildup that took place more than a decade ago, is there any follow up made by the press to inform the public on whatever results have been achieved? Any interviews with top level CBP personnel or elected officials?

Zero questions from small or large newspapers? Zero questions from TV newspeople?

JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society: