Corrupt Federal Agency Investigates Itself and, “Surprise,” Finds No Wrongdoing

ICE Probe of Retaliation against House of Death Reporter Seriously Flawed

The internal affairs unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, whitewashed an investigation into an act of intimidation carried out by two of its agents against a journalist, according to an analysis of Freedom of Information Act documents obtained recently by Narco News.

The offending agents worked for ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility (internal affairs), which, like a scene out of Alice in Wonderland, turns out to be the very same unit that was charged with investigating the agents' intimidating actions, the FOIA records reveal.

So, OPR was essentially investigating itself.

In addition, the OPR agents who “investigated” the offense failed to interview any of the witnesses to the intimidation or even the complaining party — the president of the Federal Hispanic Law Enforcement Officers Association (FHLEOA), Sandalio Gonzalez, a former high-ranking DEA commander.

“The [ICE/OPR] investigation was a sham,” says Gonzalez, who reviewed the FOIA records at Narco News’ request. “The principal witnesses were never interviewed nor was I as the complainant.

“… I worked for OPR [for a short time at the DEA] and it is standard procedure in any investigation to talk with the complainant and witnesses. … OPR is supposed to be the guardian of integrity for the agency, and here they are accused of misconduct and they investigate themselves. That’s total B.S.”

Officials with the Department of Homeland Security, ICE’s parent agency, failed to return calls or to reply to an e-mail from Narco News seeking comment on the FOIA documents.

The revelations in the FOIA records are seen by this journalist, and not a few law enforcers, as part of an ongoing effort by ICE to keep under wraps the agency’s complicity in the ongoing cover-up in the House of Death mass murder — a cover-up that also implicates a former U.S. Attorney who is a close personal friend of former President George Bush.

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Corrupt Federal Agency Investigates Itself and, “Surprise,” Finds No Wrongdoing

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