Should Calm Down After REAL ID Takes Hold
REAL ID – Newspeople Avoid Asking Questions
Some version of REAL ID has been required at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
What got better?
Any questions from newspeople?
At the airport- REAL ID will solve what sorts of problems? What will improve?
In The News
Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood grapples with persistent fentanyl crisis
by Joel Moreno, KOMO News
May 12th 2025
Everett Update
Honduran nationals arrested in Everett with 7 kilos of fentanyl intending to distribute
May 12, 2025
BY FRANK SUMRALL
MyNorthwest Content Editor
Not enough time to seal the border.
A Public Affairs Version Of Success Began On March 20, 2025:
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.
Another US Destroyer Deployed To Secure Southern Border
By Peter Aitken – Newsweek
April 12, 2025
April 9, 2025 – Public Affairs On The Job Again:
“…all the drugs off the streets…”
High levels of confidence in this businesslike event. Unfortunately, questions from the press were not picked up in the audio below.
The claim:
At 5:00 in the video above, the FBI director clams that various federal agencies will “…get all the drugs off the streets…”
“Almost 45,00 pounds of pure, uncut cocaine were seized and 3,800 pounds of marijuana, Bondi said.”
Old Drug War – Cartels Respond & Move More Product Into The US
Has General Milley’s Operation Macho Swagger reduced access to cartel product anywhere in the US?
When is the last time DOD/DHS was able to create any shortage of cartel product in the Puget Sound area?
Has there been enough time for newspeople to ask questions?
Newspeople remain silent.
April 1, 2020 C-SPAN
WWII costume reminds us of a time before decades of undeclared/unwon wars stacked up.
The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.
Related:
Drug War Show Business & The Puget Sound Area
Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree
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?
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
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?