Public Affairs Success Is Already Here:
Homeland Security Vision of Success
Promotional events crafted and controlled by public affairs professionals, staged with major drug hauls, patrol boats, helicopters, etc.
The big campaign features top level team leaders thanking each other.
Well done.
Announcing the number of DOD ground units, US Navy and US Coast Guard vessels sent towards the US/Mexico border demonstrates a sense of commitment.
Real Success May Take Time
Let’s give it six months. Let’s see if any newsperson or Homeland Security leader travels to the streets of Seattle or Port Angeles to speak with drug addicts and see if they have experienced any difficulty in finding their cartel product of choice.
Speak to first responders and find out if there is less need for Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, fentanyl test strips, or any similar product used in overdose response situations.
Speak with transit bus drivers to find out if less people who are under the influence of cartel drugs are present around bus stops and attempting to ride on transit busses.
Visit emergency rooms to find out if drug overdose numbers have gone down. Find out and report to the public what sort of drugs people are overdosing on.
Visit the office of the medical examiner to find out where things are at with drug overdose numbers. Find out and report to the public what sort of drugs people are overdosing on.
Remember,
No matter what elected officials have decided to do Re: enabling drug use in WA, a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security has been on the job in recent years.
Any cartel product arriving on the streets of Whidbey Island, Seattle or Port Angeles made its way past the jurisdiction of federal agents at borders, border crossings and ports of entry prior to arriving in the Puget Sound area.
Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance in the Puget Sound area?
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Cartels move product into all 50 states:
DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:
“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
Look for newspeople to ask zero questions in this area:
When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest of any kind?
When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest linked in any way to the US/Canada border?
Has massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca played any role in reducing Clallam County drug overdose numbers?
Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?
How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?
Are passports/enhanced/REAL IDs effective in keeping cartel drugs out of the US?
Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at the border since 2009.
When is the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made any seizure that kept any amount of fentanyl, heroin or any opioid from entering Clallam County?
Were Clallam County drug overdose death numbers higher before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established (2002) or are the numbers higher with a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security in place? This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US. More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
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.
Whidbey Homeland Security Grant Money- Newspeople Remain Silent
Love to see newspeople out asking questions.
What we get now is sort of a press release style of news reporting where a statement is prepared by whatever agency was involved in the latest policy update, drug bust/federal grant money award, etc.
Newspeople post this statement as is. A 5th grade book report would require more in the way of asking questions.
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society:
Related:
USS Spruance – A New Drug War?
Port Angeles Homeland Security/CBP Unable to keep large amount of drugs from arriving in town
Puget Sound Homeland Security Watch 2025
Welcome Home Troops – Weak American Press
Measurable Results Not Required In Exchange For Public Funding
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
Possibly of interest/Homeland Security in action:
Real ID – Press plays along by not asking questions
Newspeople Avoid Questions – WSF Security
Any Security at Washington State Ferry Terminals?
Image at top of page:
South entrance- Port Townsend Ship Canal
An old photo I took. Symbol of a significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence at Port Angeles that came together more than a decade ago.
Have Port Angeles based Homeland Security/CBP units been able to create any shortage of cartel product/fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?
Has any newsperson ever asked questions on this?
More here-
History of a post 911 CBP buildup at Port Angeles:
Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree
Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Port Angeles Homeland Security funding and performance?