House Intelligence panel opens probe into DHS's involvement in response to protests

[Nevilledog]

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/510308-house-intelligence-panel-opens-probe-into-dhss-involvement-in

The House Intelligence Committee is launching an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) response to protests in Portland and other cities across the United States.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the panel's chairman, in a letter said he wanted information on DHS's intelligence activities, including how it had monitored protesters, and its reported dissemination of intelligence reports on journalists and protesters, saying its actions had gone "well beyond the Department’s traditional missions.”

“Let me be clear: the reporting regarding the monitoring of peaceful protesters, creating and disseminating intelligence reports about journalists and protesters, and potential exploitation of electronic devices is deeply troubling," Schiff wrote in the letter to acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) acting Undersecretary Horace Jen.

“The revelations thus far require a full accounting, and, if substantiated, must never be allowed to occur again. The Committee is therefore initiating, pursuant to its unique oversight and legislative authority, an investigation of I&A’s activities in Portland and in support of the Department’s response to protests nationwide,” Schiff wrote.

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[MyOwnPeace]

1. Can't think of a better person

to chair this investigation than Congressman Schiff.
Now, if we could only get someone in the Senate to "do the right thing"......