We’ve been told to go along with a number of steps in order to keep us safe in the post 911 era.
Real ID
Prior to 911 we could go have lunch in Canada- then return home with just a standard driver’s licence.
Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at the border since 2009.
Love to see newspeople schedule an interview with the US Dept. of Homeland Security & ask:
Are passports/enhanced/Real IDs effective in keeping cartel-sourced heroin and meth out of the US?
More here: WA – Real ID
US Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria
Jan 16, 2019 ABC News video:
Senator Lindsey Graham explains that wars are meant to keep us safe at 1:40 here.
Jan. 17, 2019 Washington Examiner
Congressman Dan Crenshaw:
“We go there so that they don’t come here. It’s that simple.”
Why does the US Dept. of Homeland Security tell us that thousands of terrorists were stopped last year at the border if the wars are keeping bad people from coming here to do bad things?
The Claim:
Jan 4th, 2019 McClatchy Washington Bureau/The Bellingham Herald
Trump officials exaggerate terrorist threat on southern border in tense briefing
“Homeland Security officials are now saying that 3,755 known or suspected terrorists were stopped trying to entering the U.S. by land in FY 17.”
Big claims from DHS from almost a year ago.
Jan 24th, 2018
Secretary of Homeland Security:
The US Dept. of Homeland Security “stops an average of 7 known or suspected terrorists a day – 50 a week- trying to come to our country.”
With such an impressive handle on US Dept. of Homeland Security performance- why do heroin-trafficking cartels continue to move product into various parts of the US?
Looks like life wasn’t meant to change after the big Saddam Hussein & Osama bin Laden takedowns.
DEA and ports of entry
Jan 8, 2019 NBC News
“The DEA says the vast majority of hard drugs from Mexican cartels come into the U.S. through legal ports of entry, which wouldn’t be affected by a wall.”
US Troops at the US/Mexico border
Jan. 14, 2019 New York Times
Pentagon Extends Troop Deployment at Mexican Border Through September
Will these efforts result in any shortage of cartel-sourced heroin, cocaine, meth or fentanyl anywhere in the US?
A $40.6 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security
Senator Graham,
What does the US Dept. of Homeland Security do with the $40.6 billion they get every 12 months?
Cartels moving product into various parts of the US
Any shortage of cartel-sourced heroin, cocaine, fentanyl or meth anywhere in the US since the big El Chapo takedown?
Jan. 3, 2019 Fox News
Meth, cocaine overdoses rise as Mexican cartels sidestep anti-opioid crackdown
Each year, at the Super Bowl, the US Dept. of Homeland Security promotes their own image Re: preventing criminal activity. Why do these impressive capabilities fail to keep meth and heroin trafficking cartels from moving product into the US?
Whidbey Homeland Security Grant Money
2014-
Island county to purchase new patrol boat to help with Puget Sound security:
Federal grant money goes to “…gain a better grasp on cross border activity and to prevent illegal crossings.”
“Funding for the boat was issued through the Homeland Security Grant Program under Operation Stonegarden.”
Took a quick look on the web to see if there is a post 911 history of maritime “cross-border activity” on Whidbey & could not find anything.
If public meetings were held on Whidbey Island & people were asked to state their top law enforcement priorities- would a Homeland Security-funded patrol boat show up anywhere on the list?
Has the Island County Homeland Security-funded patrol boat been able to intercept any inbound heroin?
Even one time?
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?
Even one time?
Newspeople remain silent.
More here: Whidbey Homeland Security Grant Money- Newspeople Remain Silent
US Border Patrol, Port Angeles, WA
An upgrade in staff requiring a new, $11.9 million, 50 agent facility. Secret arrest statistics, denied FOIA requests, heroin in the community, no cross-border USBP arrest in more than 8 years, fraudulent overtime claims, 1,200-horsepower interceptor boats and zero questions from the press.
If you run a government operation- these are the reporters you want to see on interview day:
Question for newspeople:
What role do 1,200-horsepower Border Patrol Interceptor boats play in keeping heroin away from the Puget Sound area?
2011-
2013-
Heroin epidemic gripping Port Angeles
2015-
Port Angeles residents fed up with heroin problem
2017-
“Residents who filled the Port Angeles City Council chambers and lobby Tuesday night said they were fed up with the heroin epidemic in Clallam County and asked what is being done to stop opioid abuse and what they can do to help.”
2019-
“Jail staff are now using medication to help addicts detox from heroin while in custody.”
Has Port Angeles CBP been able to intercept any inbound heroin?
Even one time?
Newspeople remain silent.
Possibly of interest-
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
Suspicionless checkpoints
In 2008, the US Border Patrol came to Jefferson County, WA and set up suspicionless checkpoints and bus boardings- away from border crossings and ports of entry.
At a local Border Patrol forum a lady asked:
“What is the penalty for not identifying oneself to federal agents at an internal, suspicionless checkpoint?”
US Border Patrol said they would call in the Sheriff when a person refused to identify themselves.
Sheriff says they will not respond to a non-emergency situation involving a person peaceably refusing to interact with federal agents.
Question about providing ID is at 0:35
State and local law enforcement agencies do not conduct suspicionless checkpoints in Washington State.
Check your state here.
Were suspicionless checkpoints conducted in Jefferson County, WA able to intercept any inbound heroin?
Even one time?
Newspeople remain silent.
More here: Saying No to the federal government
Montana
Jan 17, 2019 KULR TV News Video:
Attorney General Tim Fox cites meth problem, calls for border security
“Inexpensive meth from Mexico is pouring into our state in record amounts and high purity, killing our citizens, destroying our families, and clogging our justice system.”
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for risking your ass in Iraq & Afghanistan- working to keep bad people from coming here to do bad things.
Federal cash for Montana after meth flows past federal agents staffing a $40.6 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security, then on into local communities:
Oct 25, 2018 Missoulian DOJ awards MHP $1 million for anti-meth operations in Montana
“The U.S. Department of Justice announced its award to MHP Thursday, from its Office of Community Oriented Policing. The grant will fund additional troopers, equipment and training specifically to combat incoming meth trafficking. Highway Patrol Chief Tom Butler said in the statement that Montana’s meth is largely sourced from Mexico.”
Summary:
Special IDs, US troops in distant lands, US troops at the southern border, a $40.6 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security, suspicionless checkpoints, big drug busts, Homeland Security grant money, massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and 1,200-horsepower Border Patrol Interceptor boats fail to keep bad people from coming here to do bad things.
Credibility in need of repair.
Newspeople need to chuck the hometown pride and get out and ask more questions.
More here:
Operation Macho Swagger & Port Angeles Heroin
Port Angeles Heroin – Newspeople Remain Silent
Newspeople Ask Questions If It’s A Sports Story
A Secretive, Wasteful, Dishonest & Ineffective US Dept. of Homeland Security
Thousands Of Terrorists Stopped Last Year At The Border?
Opioid or Heroin? Meth or Amphetamine?
Dept. of Defense Lies About Freedom
Post 911 Homeland Security Protocols vs. Tennessee Meth
Homeland Security Meth/Heroin Racket Rolls On
17 Years Past 911 – Welcome Home Troops
Fentanyl – What part of the story is missing?
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