February 11th, 2010
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- House Lawmaker Requests Investigation of Misconduct Allegations at FAMS Field Offices
- DNI Asks for Donations to Aid Families of Fallen IC Colleagues
- Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Chemical Facility Security Law
- The Takedown - CBP in San Diego Seizes Ton of Marijuana Hidden in Banana Shipment
- Movers & Shakers - Michael J. Folmar Named Assistant Director of the FBI's Security Division
- Case Law Update - CBP Did Not Abuse Its Discretion When It Fired Officer Who Married Illegal Alien, Federal Circuit Rules
News Round Up
House Lawmaker Requests Investigation of Misconduct Allegations at FAMS Field Offices
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus "Ed" Towns (D-New York) is calling for an investigation into allegations of widespread discrimination, retaliation and other inappropriate conduct at the Cincinnati and Orlando Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) field offices. Towns said that the Committee has received complaints from Federal Air Marshals that paint "a troubling picture" of a Service t ...
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DNI Asks for Donations to Aid Families of Fallen IC Colleagues
On January 25th, the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis C. Blair, issued a memorandum asking for contributions to help the families of fallen Intelligence Community colleagues. In his memorandum, Blair stated, "Over the past several days, we have come to know more about those of our teammates who were killed or wounded in the terrorist attack in Khowst, Afghanistan. Our colleagues all brought remarkable capabi ...
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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Chemical Facility Security Law
U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas), George Voinovich (R-Ohio) and Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana), introduced legislation last week to extend for five years the law that addresses a major homeland security vulnerability by strengthening security at our nation's chemical facilities. The "Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Secur ...
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The Takedown - CBP in San Diego Seizes Ton of Marijuana Hidden in Banana Shipment
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa cargo facility seized nearly a ton of marijuana last week, hidden amongst a shipment of bananas. At approximately 2 p.m. on February 1st, a 40-year-old male Mexican truck driver applied to cross into the United States from Mexico driving a tractor-trailer with a cargo load manifested as bananas. CBP officers off-loaded the cargo, and screened it with a narc ...
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Movers & Shakers - Michael J. Folmar Named Assistant Director of the FBI's Security Division
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, has named Michael J. Folmar assistant director of the FBI's Security Division. Folmar most recently served as deputy assistant director of the FBI's Training Division. "The FBI's Security Division is charged with ensuring the integrity and reliability of the FBI workforce, preserving a safe and secure work environment for FBI employees, and preventing the compromise of sensitive i ...
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Case Law Update - CBP Did Not Abuse Its Discretion When It Fired Officer Who Married Illegal Alien, Federal Circuit Rules
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did not abuse its discretion when it fired a CBP Officer who married an illegal alien, the Federal Circuit ruled last week. In this case, the CBP Officer was removed from her position at John F. Kennedy International Airport effective December 1, 2008. The CBP Officer worked for the federal government as an Immigration Inspector with the Immigration and Naturalization Serv ...
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