Posted on 12/15/2016 10:35:10 AM PST by jazusamo
Full title: Judicial Watch: U.S. Customs, Homeland Security Records Reveal Somalis Given Security Briefings, ‘Community Engagement Tours’ in Secured Areas at Major U.S. Airports
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today released 31 pages of records from U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealing that the Department of Homeland Security has given Somalis “community engagement tours,” including security briefings, in secured areas at least three major U.S. airports – Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Columbus, Ohio.
The records came in response to a May 2016 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, which sought records, documents and communications regarding a “Community Engagement Tour” in Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport on February 18, 2016.
The briefings provided to the Somali groups were so sensitive that in 14 instances the agency redacted portions of the records under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption (B)(7)(e), the law-enforcement “risk circumvention” exemption, which reads:
Exemption 7(E) of the Freedom of Information Act affords protection to all law enforcement information that would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law.
In another instance, Customs and Border Protection exempted under (B)(7)(e) a portion of a February 16, 2016, “ Minute by Minute Agenda” provided during a tour/briefing of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). The material that was withheld from Judicial Watch as too law-enforcement sensitive – but provided in full to the Somali group – included a section entitled: “TSA Overview — Processing [Redacted].” The invitees were provided briefings of the Global Entry system, APC [Automated Passport Control] system, secondary screening procedures, baggage-screening procedures and given tours of the holding cells/interview rooms.
Notes from the February Minneapolis St. Paul Airport tour include: “Current CBP and TSA job vacancies were discussed. Attendees responded with requests for DHS outreach efforts during Somali community events to further advertise these positions to interested individuals.”
The newly released records also reveal:
Eight senior ranking Homeland Security and Customs officials were tasked with accompanying and briefing the Somalis on the February 18, 2016, Minneapolis Airport tour, including the Minneapolis Area Port Director, the Assistant Port Director, the Watch Commander, a Homeland Security Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Senior Policy Advisor (flown in from Washington), the TSA Federal Security Director and TSA Deputy Federal Security Director.
The documents show Customs officials reporting that one of the invited individuals had given “ CBP Chicago a hard time” following the last tour and noted three of the invitees had had investigations against them, which had since been closed. Another invitee had an active investigation pending.
“Logically, information that is too sensitive to provide to Judicial Watch and the public should not have been given to a ‘community engagement tour,’” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The U.S. government has been aware for years that Minnesota is a hotbed of Somali terrorist-cell activity. The behind-the-scenes tours and security briefings of the Minneapolis airport very well could have created a threat to public safety.”
In August 2016, the Judicial Watch blog, Corruption Chronicles, reported on the Muslim airport tour story: “The Obama administration gave Somali Muslims behind-the-scenes tours at a major U.S. airport after the group complained to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about feeling harassed and profiled, government records obtained by Judicial Watch reveal. The special security tours not offered to any other group occurred at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after Department of Homeland Security roundtable meetings with local Somali leaders to obtain feedback for ‘modifications to practices that would allow for operations to be more culturally sensitive.’”
Have you kissed your favorite muzzie’s a$$ today?
Do it now
It is the American way.
I didn't think of that...It's got to scare them to death thinking Trump might get control of those billions of rounds of ammunition...
“WTF???”
Ditto!
“"... and most concerning for Kemp about the newly discovered {Georgia voter} scans is the timing.
1. The first one happened on Feb. 2, the day after Georgia’s voter registration deadline.
2. The next one took place just days before the SEC primary.
3. Another occurred in May, the day before the general primary, and...
4. then two more took place in November, the day before and the day of the presidential election.”
What we have here is a Democrat hack on the Republican State officials to influence the outcome of that election in Georgia.
Other States involved need to check their calenders ...
Above from link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3505063/posts?page=14
My exact reaction.
BKMK
This is not just a stupid action. This is providing an opportunity for terrorist action against the USA. That intent probably never could be proved in a court of law, but if in wartime someone did the same with questionable allies in a secure area, they would be charged.
During the Clinton years the Chinese were given a carte blanche tour of picatinney arsenal.
The arsenal was not given enough warning purposely so that sensitive information and items couldn’t be covered or blocked off...
Agreed...Sadly under this administration things have gradually snowballed as little if no action has been taken in many cases to stop 0bama.
“This kind of stupidity under the 0bama administration is more the rule than the exception”
More likely deliberate than stupid.
They wanted as many Somalis in the country as possible.
Sounds like they were coaching the smugglers how to get people through security.
Trump has several swamps to drain.
You can’t make this stuff up!
These people are such morons. I can’t even begin to describe the seething rage I feel right now.
Crash course for shock troops.
Trump is going have his hands full....the infection goes all the way to the bone...
WTF?!?
Just wondering...What does anyone the chances of widespread Islamic terrorist cell actions on inauguration day???
ASAP!
Bush, who was so broken up over 9/11, kept the borders open for any and all Third Worlder to invade.
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