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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
Post by: rangerrebew on December 15, 2016, 09:01:30 pm

Judicial Watch: U.S. Customs, Homeland Security Records Reveal Somalis Given Security Briefings, ‘Community Engagement Tours’ in Secured Areas at Major U.S. Airports

DECEMBER 15, 2016
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Somalis Given Access to Sensitive Information

(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:

http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-u-s-customs-homeland-security-records-reveal-somalis-given-security-briefings-community-engagement-tours-secured-areas-major-u-s-airports/

Title: Re: Judicial Watch: U.S. Customs, Homeland Security Records Reveal Somalis Given Security Briefings, ‘Community Engagement Tours’ in Secured Areas at Major U.S. Airports
Post by: Sanguine on December 15, 2016, 09:43:09 pm

What?  WTH?

Title: Re: Judicial Watch: U.S. Customs, Homeland Security Records Reveal Somalis Given Security Briefings, ‘Community Engagement Tours’ in Secured Areas at Major U.S. Airports
Post by: Fishrrman on December 16, 2016, 02:36:03 am

Hopefully this will all come to an abrupt halt soon after January 20...

Title: Re: Judicial Watch: U.S. Customs, Homeland Security Records Reveal Somalis Given Security Briefings, ‘Community Engagement Tours’ in Secured Areas at Major U.S. Airports
Post by: MajorClay on December 18, 2016, 07:49:58 pm

????? :thud:

Title: Re: Judicial Watch: U.S. Customs, Homeland Security Records Reveal Somalis Given Security Briefings, ‘Community Engagement Tours’ in Secured Areas at Major U.S. Airports
Post by: mountaineer on December 19, 2016, 12:11:50 pm

Columbus, Ohio. Take that, flyover country!
@musiclady

Title: Re: Judicial Watch: U.S. Customs, Homeland Security Records Reveal Somalis Given Security Briefings, ‘Community Engagement Tours’ in Secured Areas at Major U.S. Airports
Post by: musiclady on December 19, 2016, 03:58:28 pm

Quote from: mountaineer on December 19, 2016, 12:11:50 pm

Columbus, Ohio. Take that, flyover country!
@musiclady

I think I'll be flying out of Cleveland from henceforth.....    **nononono*

Title: Re: Judicial Watch: U.S. Customs, Homeland Security Records Reveal Somalis Given Security Briefings, ‘Community Engagement Tours’ in Secured Areas at Major U.S. Airports
Post by: mountaineer on December 19, 2016, 04:06:15 pm

Just a coinkydink the OSU terrorist was a Somali ...   :pondering:

Title: Re: Judicial Watch: U.S. Customs, Homeland Security Records Reveal Somalis Given Security Briefings, ‘Community Engagement Tours’ in Secured Areas at Major U.S. Airports
Post by: musiclady on December 19, 2016, 07:02:42 pm

Quote from: mountaineer on December 19, 2016, 04:06:15 pm

Just a coinkydink the OSU terrorist was a Somali ...   :pondering:

If I'm not mistaken, Columbus has the largest Somali immigrant population in the US other than Minneapolis.

On 9/11, Polaris Mall was a target.