NEW from @POGOwatchdog: Homeland Security’s top watchdog KNEW about erased #SecretServiceTexts related to #Jan6th back in FEBRUARY, but didn't tell Congress until last week. pogo.org/investigation/…
POGO's @schwellenbach told @washingtonpost that @DHSOIG delay in reporting the problem lowers the odds of retrieving data that wasn’t properly backed up or archived. Digital forensics experts could have been working to recover these lost texts for months. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
This is not the first time @DHSOIG Cuffari has slow-walked taking critical actions during time-sensitive reviews: He let a report filled with disturbing findings regarding sexual misconduct @DHSgov languish for over a year without publicizing its findings. pogo.org/investigation/…
And @POGOwatchdog previously reported Cuffari’s reluctance to have his career staff interview key officials in a review examining what senior officials knew about @CBP employee participation in a #Facebook group rife with racist and sexist messages. pogo.org/investigation/…
In fact, this isn't even the first time Cuffari has stalled on @SecretService related matters: @POGO revealed that he rejected career staff proposals to review the agency's involvement in the violent dispersal of anti-racism protestors in Lafayette Square. pogo.org/investigation/…
Cuffari also chose not pursue a proposal by @DHSOIG staff to examine @SecretService COVID protocols at a time when then-President Trump was criticized for putting Secret Service agents at risk because he would not wear masks in close quarters before a vaccine was available.
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