Sentinel & Enterprise Editorial: Secret Service Needs ‘Drastic Culture Change’
Given the apparently bottomless divide separating Republicans and Democrats in Washington these days, anything the two parties agree on must be painfully obvious.
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New York Times Editorial: More Accountability Needed for Border Patrol
José Antonio Elena Rodríguez was 16 when he was gunned down on a street in Nogales, Mexico, in October 2012.
Justice Department to Allow More Oversight over Long-Secret Tracking of Cell Phones
In an attempt to get more oversight, the Justice Department said Thursday it will seek more judicial and internal supervision as it uses technology to track cellphones.
Las Cruces Sun-News: Border Patrol Should Not Police Itself After So Many Fatal Shootings
By Editorial Board Las Cruces Sun-News Two years ago, a scathing independent report by law enforcement experts found that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency had failed to fully investigate all 67 uses of deadly force, including 19 killings, by its agents from January 2010 through October 2012, most occurring along the southwest border…
Justice Department Blasts Ferguson Police for Discrimination, Abuse of Power
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A long-awaited report on Ferguson found numerous constitutional violations that called for new oversight, retraining of employees and abandoning the current approach to policing. The New York Times reports that the Justice Department criticized Ferguson police for routinely making unlawful searches, hurling racial insults and treating anyone as a criminal for…
Oversight Report Blasts Homeland Security for Failing on All Its Missions
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security has failed on all five of its main missions, according to a scathing oversight report by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, Fox News reports. “Ten years of oversight of the Department of Homeland Security finds that the Department still has a lot of work to do to strengthen our nation’s…
Congress Should Return Secret Service to Treasury’s Oversight After Blunders
Michael D. Langan Special to the Buffalo News It is time for Treasury defenders in Congress to return the Secret Service to Treasury’s oversight. When I served as senior adviser to the under secretary for enforcement at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1988 to 1998, the Secret Service was one of the proud…
Employees: Byzantine Oversight of Homeland Security is Crushing Morale, Hindering Work
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security has so much congressional oversight that it’s damaging morale and making the work more difficult, the Washington Post reports. Consider the number of committees and subcommittees that oversee DHS – more than 90, which exceeds the number that has jurisdiction over the Defense Department by nearly three fold. “It makes…
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