Newspeople play along by not asking questions.
In the news:
Always a press release or statement from authorities.
Never newspeople asking:
How did the bad guys move product past US federal agents at border crossings and ports of entry before the problem arrived in local communities?
What is the utility of the Enhanced or REAL ID we are asked to carry?
KOMO News Oct 31, 2024
Federal agents bust drug ring operating near University of Washington campus
“According to federal investigators with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the takedown of another trafficking organization running drugs through the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport led to the discovery of this operation operating near the UW campus and selling to students.”
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“Nearly 600 officers and 15 tactical teams from around the country were involved in the federal operation to take down the East African drug trafficking ring on Oct. 30. Federal agents seized 50 guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, Glock switches and silencers, as well as fentanyl, cocaine, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry.”
Here’s a new story about TSA doing a great job at the airport:
Would any newsperson ever ask:
What keeps the terrorists of the GWOT from creating a disruption at the back end of the airport screening line?
Has anyone ever seen any member of the press ask questions on this?
Same airport described here:
“According to federal investigators with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the takedown of another trafficking organization running drugs through the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport led to the discovery of this operation operating near the UW campus and selling to students.”
KIRO7 News Oct 31, 2024
Guns, Drugs, and Ammo: Major drug bust targets group based in University District
“Officers also seized thousands of rounds of ammunition, several hundreds of thousands of bulk cash and jewelry, one kilogram of fentanyl, and four kilograms of cocaine.”
KING 5 News Oct 31, 2024
Seattle’s Homeland Security office announces its largest coordinated drug trafficking bust
The good guys intercepted a shipment of fentanyl at the airport. Before or after that day, a “violent drug trafficking gang” was distributing fentanyl in Seattle and Everett?
After the good guys intercepted a shipment of fentanyl at the airport, a big investigation begins:
“It followed a year-long wire-tap investigation sparked when authorities intercepted a shipment of fentanyl at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.”
Did this group of bad guys distribute fentanyl in Seattle and Everett before the airport bust, or after the airport bust?
Over in Island County
Has the Island County Homeland Security-funded patrol boat been involved in any arrest or seizure related in any way to the US/Canada border?
Newspeople remain silent.
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