CBPViolence and corruption scandal at CBP: FBI clean up or cover up? Pt. 6
It has been more than a year since James F. Tomsheck, the senior executive at Customs and Border Protection Internal Affairs (CBP IA), was unceremoniously reassigned to a new position at CBP. In response to his demotion from assistant commissioner at CBP IA, Tomsheck lambasted CBP leadership with charges of rampant mismanagement and accused CBP employees of widespread violence and corruption. Have these systemic problems within the largest federal law enforcement agency in the land been resolved, or have the FBI, CBP, and DHS senior leadership chosen to ignore these problems? Is there reasonable public accountability for the alleged criminal behavior at CBP and CBP IA, or are the alleged victims — all the honest, hardworking CBP employees, and the general public — still in the dark about both the hard facts and the consequences of this unprecedented scandal? In short, has there been a clean-up or a cover up?
It has been more than a year since James F. Tomsheck, the senior executive at Customs and Border Protection Internal Affairs (CBP IA), was unceremoniously reassigned to a new position at CBP. In response to his demotion from assistant commissioner at CBP IA, Tomsheck lambasted CBP leadership with charges of rampant mismanagement and accused CBP employees of widespread violence and corruption (Brian Bennett, “Border agency removes its own chief of internal affairs,” Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2014). ).
Tomsheck’s revealing allegations against the CBP, including lightning counter-charges by senior CBP leadership against Tomsheck, define the most significant scandal within this federal law enforcement agency since Congress’s officially mandated Border Patrol Agents and Customs Officers in 1924.
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Also read:
“CBP IA Operation Hometown reduces violence and corruption: Tomsheck shuts it down — Pt. 5,” 27 April 2015
“CBP IA’s SAREX: Tomsheck’s program goes rogue – Pt. 4,” 18 February 2015
“Tomsheck’s “July Amnesty”: CBP IA loses hundreds of cases alleging criminal activity by CBP Employees — Pt. 3,” 12 January 2015
“James F. Tomscheck forced disabled veteran from CBP IA – Pt. 2,” 24 November 2014
“Vet alleges supervisors at CBP IA ignored his disability: ‘He Just needed an ounce of compassion’ — Pt. 1,” 28 October 2014
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The FBI, CBP, CBP IA, and DHS apparently now seem fully satisfied that justice, integrity, and functionality have been restored at CBP and CBP IA along with all national security issues along the Mexican border, which may have been jeopardized. However, to date the FBI has announced no criminal charges filed either against Tomsheck, the CBP executives Tomsheck identified, or any of the other thousands of employees Tomsheck and others suggested might be guilty of corruption, violence, and supervisory mismanagement within the ranks of CBP and CBP IA.
By the time the FBI’s Mark A. Morgan walked out the office door at CBP IA after temporarily assuming Tomsheck’s position as senior executive, had these unprecedented systemic problems truly been resolved within the largest federal law enforcement agency in the land? Or did the FBI, CBP, and DHS senior leadership simply choose to ignore serious systemic problems at CBP and CBP IA, including alleged key players like Tomsheck and those he vilified? In short, is there reasonable public accountability for the alleged criminal behavior at CBP and CBP IA, or are the alleged victims, all of the honest, hardworking CBP employees, and the general public still in the dark about both the hard facts and consequences of this unprecedented scandal?
Clean up or cover up?
