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Than a Wall: Corporate Profiteering and the Militarization of US Borders
MORE THAN A WALL Corporate Profiteering and the Militarization of US Borders TODD MILLER AUTHOR: Todd Miller EDITORS: Nick Buxton, Niamh Ní Bhriain COPYEDITOR: Deborah Eade DESIGN: Evan Clayburg PRINTER: Jubels PHOTOS: All photos by Laura Saunders (www.saundersdocumentary.com) except for photos of Commissioners on p79 (Wikipedia/public domain) RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: Emmi Bevensee, Cyrina King, Donald Merson, Liliana Salas, Jesse Herrera, and Aletha Dale Published by Transnational Institute – www.TNI.org Co-sponsored by No More Deaths – www.nomoredeaths.org September 2019 Contents of the report may be quoted or reproduced for non-commercial purposes, provided that the source is properly cited. TNI would appreciate receiving a copy of or link to the text in which it is used or cited. Please note that the copyright in the images remains with Laura Saunders. http://www.tni.org/copyright ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to give special thanks to research assistants Emmi Bevensee, Cyrina King, Donald Merson, Liliana Salas, Jesse Herrera, and Aletha Dale for all the help in the research and writing process, and Reece Jones for reviewing the draft report. 2 CONTENTS Executive Summary 1 Introduction 8 History of US Border Control 12 Border Industrial Complex 19 Building a Surveillance Fortress 29 The 100 Mile Market 24 A Bottomless Pool of Profit 26 The Trump Effect 26 The Making of a Border-Industrial Complex 27 The Big Corporate Players 30 Profiles of 14 Border Security Corporations 34 Building and Maintaining the Smart Wall System 50 Border to Prison Pipeline 53 Research and Development 54 Selling Border Militarization 56 Border Security Expos 57 Into the Future 58 Building a Policy Wall of Fear 60 Campaign Contributions 61 Lobbying in the Name of Fear 65 The Revolving Door 70 Expanding Border Profits Globally 75 Conclusion 78 Raytheon office in Arlington, Virginia & Northrup Grummon office in Falls Church, Virginia. -
Weathering the Storm: Utilizing Congressional Investigations to Improve National Hurricane Preparedness
\\jciprod01\productn\H\HLA\22\HLA105.txt unknown Seq: 1 29-OCT-19 16:15 WEATHERING THE STORM: UTILIZING CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS TO IMPROVE NATIONAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS Jennifer Safstrom* I. INTRODUCTION .......................................... 37 II. INVESTIGATIONS OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE AFTER HURRICANE MARIA ...................................... 40 R A. Death Toll .......................................... 41 R B. Energy Infrastructure ................................ 46 R C. Corruption .......................................... 50 R D. Contracts ........................................... 51 R III. CONSEQUENCES, DISPARITIES, AND NEXT STEPS ............ 61 R IV. CONCLUSION ............................................ 67 R I. INTRODUCTION During the 2017 hurricane season, three major storms impacted differ- ent regions of the United States. These storms—Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria—devastated communities in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico within the span of a month. These storms were so destructive that the World Meteorological Organization has retired all three storm names, meaning no future hurricane will ever bear the names Harvey, Irma, or Maria again.1 In response, according to the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), “19 federal agencies had entered into contracts and obligated over $5.6 bil- lion on those contracts to support efforts related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria” as of December 31, 2017.2 * Dunn Legal Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2018; University of Miami, B.A., 2011. I extend my sincere appreciation to Professor John Podesta and Judge Richard Leon for their guidance and feedback in the development of this paper. Many thanks to Lorell Guerrero, Sarah Greenberg, Peter Runfola, Rachael Goldberg, and the entire staff of the Harvard Latinx Law Review for their comments and suggestions. I am forever grateful to my family for their unwavering love and support. -
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP WHITE HOUSE STAFF Chief of Staff
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP WHITE HOUSE STAFF Chief of Staff - Reince Priebus - head of the RNC Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser to the Chief of Staff - Sean Cairncross - Republican National Committee Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee for two cycles (2009-2012) Director of the Office of Chief of Staff - Michael Ambrosini Special Assistant to the President and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff - Mallory Hunter Deputy Chief of Staff - Katie Walsh - Chief of Staff at the Republican National Committee Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations - Joe Hagin - Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations in the George W. Bush White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy - Rick Dearborn – former top aide to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and nominee for Attorney General Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President - Stephen K. Bannon - Executive Chairman of Breitbart News Network Senior White House Advisor - Jared Kushner – Son-in-law; CEO of Kushner Companies and publisher of the New York Observer Special Assistant to the President and Assistant to the Senior Advisor - Avrahm (Avi) Berkowitz Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the President for Policy - Stephen Miller - Responsible for directing White House policy staff, managing speechwriting functions, and working to ensure the enactment of the President’s policy agenda. Served throughout as the campaign’s chief speechwriter, and is currently the policy director for the President-elect’s Transition Team; served as a key advisor to several members of Congress, including U.S. Senator from Alabama Jeff Sessions, and served in senior leadership roles on both the Senate Budget Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee. -
DHS FOIA Privacy Logs - FY 2017 Received 9/1/17 - 9/30/17
DHS FOIA Privacy Logs - FY 2017 Received 9/1/17 - 9/30/17 Request ID Requester Name Request Description Received Date 2017-HOF0-00631 (b)(6) the following FBI record, number(b)(6) I 9/26/2017 according to information received from the Department of Homeland Security on dale of January 30/2006, the mentioned above page 1- 4e (Rev 11-22-77), as well as your Sentencing sheet with the Name & Title of Judicial Office Date of June 26/1991, for the petitioner making the Cross Examination and Inspection., under the Discovery and Inspection §13 of documents in possession of the government, record of the FBI, the defendant in this petition of the pages mentioned above resorts to the rights Law Criminal §1- to Make Justice is the interest of the United States in the Criminal Inspection is not whether the case is won bat that Justice de made; by such Judicial mandate, the petitioner resorts to the Actual Supreme Law with the right to the Discovery and Inspection §13-of Documents in possession of Government - record, of the "FBI, • the petitioner also resorts to the Law of Discovery and Inspection §15- the Documents in Possession of the Government Distitution on Dismissal 2017-HOF0-01062 (b)(6) all email records including attachments emailed 9/19/2017 from (6)(6) to you since 2015 be sent to this email September 1,2017 - September 30, 2017 FY 2017- OHS Privacy Logs DHS FOIA Privacy Logs - FY 2017 Received 9/1/17 - 9/30/17 2017-H8FR-01065 Ernst, La 1. All records mentioning, referencing, relating 9/27/2017 to, or referring tc(b)(6) I b)(6) 2. -
January 17, 2018
1 UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D.C. INTERVIEW OF: RICK A. DEARBORN Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Washington, D.C. The interview in the above matter was held in Room HVC-304, the Capitol, commencing at 11:01 a.m. Present: Representatives Conaway, King, LoBiondo, Ros-Lehtinen, Wenstrup, Stewart of Utah, Gowdy, Stefanik, Himes, Sewell, Speier, Quigley, UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2 UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE Swalwell, Castro, and Heck, UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3 UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE Appearances: For the PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE: For RICK DEARBORN: WILLIAM F. COFFIELD, ESQ. Berliner, Corcoran & Howe, LLP 1101 Seventeenth Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington D.C. 20036-4798 UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 4 UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE Good morning. This is the committee's interview of Rick Dearborn. Thank you for speaking with us today. Just a reminder to ensure everyone has left all electronic devices outside, to include phones, iPads, Blackberries, Fitbits, anything that transmits. For the record, my name is l. I'm a staff member for the majority in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Also present today are committee staff and members who will introduce themselves as these proceedings get underway. Before we begin, I wanted to state a few things for the record. The questioning will be conducted by committee members and staff. During the course of this interview, each side may ask questions during their allotted time period. -
September 2017 Through March 13, 2018
Downey Magallanes Mon Sep 4, 2017 All day Labor Day Mon Sep 4, 2017 - Tue Sep 5, 2017 Video call: (b) (5), (b) (6) Calendar: Downey Magallanes Created by: Gisella Ojeda-dodds 11:30am - 12:30pm IOS Check In Video call: (b) (5), (b) (6) Where: Secretary's Conference Room - 6151 1849 C St NW Washington DC 20240United States Calendar: Elinor Werner Created by: G Hackett Who: Todd Wynn, Todd Willens, John Tanner, Samantha Hebert, Michael Argo,Downey Magallanes, Russell Newell, Micah Chambers, Lori Mashburn, LauraRigas, Heather Swift, Benjamin Cassidy, Scott Hommel, Matthew Dermody 3pm - 4pm Acting Assistant Secretaries weekly Meeting (b) (5), (b) (6) Where: Conf Rm 6120 Calendar: Gareth Rees Created by: Jean Parrish Who: Tracie Lassiter, John Bockmier, Todd Willens, Catherine Callaway,Matthew Dermody, Todd Wynn, Timothy Petty, Gareth Rees, Laura Rigas,Tasha Robbins, David Bernhardt, Benjamin Cassidy, Susan Combs, JamesVoyles, Micah Chambers, Douglas Domenech, John Tahsuda, KatharineMacGregor, Gary Lawkowski, Andrea Travnicek, Daniel Jorjani, TimothyWilliams, Scott Cameron, Katie Mills, Lori Mashburn, Amanda Kaster,Joseph Balash, Mariagrazia Caminiti, James Cason, Downey Magallanes Description: POC: Cathy Gulac, 208-1739 Tue Sep 5, 2017 10am - 11am Weekly Politicals Meeting Where: Secretary's Conference Room- 5160 Calendar: Natalie Davis Who: Scott Cameron, Alex Hinson, Leila Getto, Alan Mikkelsen, GaryLawkowski, Heather Swift, Gavin Clarkson, Russell Roddy, Preston Beard,Kathleen Benedetto, Aurelia Skipwith, Steven Smith, Wesley Bullock,John -
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Washington, DC Thursday, March 2
FINAL Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Washington, DC 4:00pm: DOI Staff Notified of Secretary’s Swearing-In & C Street Arrival 6:00pm: Swearing-In Location: The White House 6:30pm: Press Email Sent Out Announcing Secretary’s Swearing-In Sending: COMMS Email Invitations Sent Out for National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reception Sending: Nancy Guiden Green Highlights is where the photographer & videographer will be present Thursday, March 2, 2017 Washington, DC Advance: Rusty Roddy, Wadi Yakhour 7:30-8:00am: Depart Residence for U.S. Department of the Interior via H1 Stables 8:00-8:30am: Depart H1 Stables via Horseback for U.S. Department of the Interior *Note: There will be a stop at the Lincoln Memorial for Secretary’s individual photo op and group photo op with Park Police *Note: Mrs. Zinke to be dropped off at DOI prior to Secretary’s arrival 8:30-9:15am: Arrive at U.S. Department of the Interior / Greet Employees / Brief Remarks Location: 1849 C Street NW Main Entrance/Foyer Met by: Jack Haugrud, Former Acting Secretary Jim Cason, Acting Deputy Secretary Format: Enter middle right doors, proceed to right of low riser in middle of foyer. BIA Honor Guard presents colors (USA / DOI / BIA Flags), Jack Haugrud takes stage and introduces Secretary. Secretary takes stage and thanks crowd for coming and gives brief remarks. Upon completion of remarks, Secretary waits for Honor Guard to begin departure before greeting crowd. Indoor Setting: Blue pipe and drape backdrop / 6 inch riser/ Handheld wireless mic. Interpreter will be stage left. Arrival Setting: Staff on steps leading to entrance include DOI Political appointees, Park Police, Park Rangers, Fish & Wildlife security officers. -
July 26, 2017
1 UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D.C. INTERVIEW OF: JEFFREY GORDON Wednesday, July 26, 2017 Washington, D.C. The interview in the above matter was held in Room HVC-304, the Capitol, commencing at 11:12 a.m. Present: Representatives Rooney, Wenstrup, Schiff, Himes, Quigley, Swalwell, and Heck. UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2 UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE Appearances: For the PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE: FOR JEFFREY GORDON CHRIS ASHBY, ESQ. KATE RENNOLDS, ESQ. UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3 UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE Good morning. This is a transcribed interview of J.D. Gordon. Thank you for speaking to us today. For the record, I am for the majority at the House Intelligence Committee. Also today are numerous other members and staff, and we will have them introduce themselves for the record, starting with Dr. Wenstrup. Introduce yourself for the record. DR. WENSTRUP: Congressman Brad Wenstrup. MR. SWALWELL: Congressman Eric Swalwell. MR. HECK: Denny Heck from Washington State. MR. SCHIFF: Adam Schiff from California. MR. HIMES: Jim Himes, Connecticut. And in the back. with the minority staff. MR. QUIGLEY: Mike Quigley from Chicago. minority. minority staff. Thank you all. Before we begin, I wanted to state a few things for the record. The questioning will be conducted by designated members and staff. During the course of this interview, members and staff may ask questions during their allotted time period. Some questions may seem basic, but that is because we need to clearly establish facts and understand the situation. -
Case 1:18-Cv-00239-MJG Document 1 Filed 01/24/18 Page 1 of 37
Case 1:18-cv-00239-MJG Document 1 Filed 01/24/18 Page 1 of 37 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 18 Civ. 239 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; ELAINE COMPLAINT COSTANZO DUKE, in her official capacity; and KIRSTJEN NIELSEN, in her official capacity, Defendants. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (“NAACP” or “Plaintiff”) brings this action against the United States Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”); Elaine C. Duke (“Defendant Duke”) in her official capacity as former Acting DHS Secretary; and Kirstjen Nielsen (“Defendant Nielsen”) in her official capacity as the current DHS Secretary. Plaintiff seeks to enjoin DHS’s November 2017 decision to rescind Temporary Protective Status (“TPS”) for Haitian immigrants, as it reflects an egregious departure from the TPS statute’s requirements and an intent to discriminate on the basis of race and/or ethnicity. On January 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by one of the deadliest earthquakes in modern history. It killed hundreds of thousands of Haitians, left millions homeless, and nearly destroyed Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. Haiti’s extensive recovery efforts have been hobbled by two Case 1:18-cv-00239-MJG Document 1 Filed 01/24/18 Page 2 of 37 additional large-scale catastrophes: the outbreak of cholera in October 2010 and a Category 4 hurricane in October 2016. Each exacerbated the dire situation created by the 2010 earthquake. These extraordinary circumstances led to Haiti’s 2010 TPS designation and to DHS’s repeated extension of that designation over the last seven years. -
First Amended Complaint
Case 1:18-cv-10340-DJC Document 21 Filed 05/09/18 Page 1 of 81 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) CENTRO PRESENTE, a membership ) organization; HAITIAN-AMERICANS UNITED, ) INC., a membership organization; JUAN ) CARLOS VIDAL; ANNE CHRISTINE ) NICOLAS; CHRIS JEAN BAPTISTE; ) MERCEDES MATA; CAROLINA MATA; ) WILL ARIAS; JUAN AMAYA; MARIA ) GUERRA; JOSUE DORFEUILLE; NATACHA ) DORFEUILLE; YESY PATRICIA CARBAJAL; ) JUAN GUERRERO; JAIME YANES; and JOSE ) OMAR RODRIGUEZ VARELA, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-10340-DJC ) v. ) ) DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United ) States in his official capacity; UNITED STATES ) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; ) KIRSTJEN NIELSEN, Secretary of the ) Department of Homeland Security in her official ) capacity; and ELAINE COSTANZO DUKE, ) Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland ) Security in her official capacity, ) ) Defendants. ) ) FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE Two International Place 61 Batterymarch Street, 5th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02210 Boston, Massachusetts 02210 (617) 248-5000 (617) 482-1145 Case 1:18-cv-10340-DJC Document 21 Filed 05/09/18 Page 2 of 81 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 PARTIES ........................................................................................................................................ 6 I. Plaintiffs ...................................................................................................................... -
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Secretary Perdue's Calendar from Onboarding
Secretary Perdue Calendar (USDA) Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-00534 April 26, 2017 Continued Wednesday Services, FFAS Rob Johansson, Chief Economist, Office of Chief Economist, (OCE) Kevin Shea, Acting Deputy Undersecretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) Al Amanza, Acting Deputy Undersecretary of Food Safety (FS) The U.S. Sugar Program and Mexico Jason Hafemeister, Acting Deputy Undersecretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Rob Johansson, Chief Economist, (OCE) Kevin Shea, Acting Deputy Undersecretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) Al Amanza, Acting Deputy Undersecretary of Food Safety (FS) U.S. Beef to China Jason Hafemeister, Acting Deputy Undersecretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Rob Johansson, Chief Economist, (OCE) Kevin Shea, Acting Deputy Undersecretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) Al Amanza, Acting Deputy Undersecretary of Food Safety (FS) Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas March 2017 Wildfires Jason Hafemeister, Acting Deputy Undersecretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Brad Karmen, Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs, Farm Service Agency (FSA) & Senior Policy Advisor to Acting Deputy Undersecretary for FFAS School Meal Program Flexibilities Cindy Long, Deputy Administrator, Child Nutrition Programs, Food Nutrition and Consumer Services (FNCS) Rachel Bishop, Office of General Counsel (OGC) GIPSA Rule Randall Jones, Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) Warren Preston, Deputy Chief Economist, Office of Chief Economist (OCE) (b)(5) Deliberative & Attorney Client Stephen Vaden, Acting General Counsel, Office of General Counsel (OGC) (b)(5) Deliberative & Attorney Client Stephen Vaden, Acting General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel (OGC) (b)(5) Deliberative & Attorney Client Stephen Vaden, Acting General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel (OGC) 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch 2 1/24/2018 8:56 AM 4 of 334 Secretary Perdue Calendar (USDA) Civil Action No.