The DEA Paid An Amtrak Secretary $854,460 for Free Passenger ListsArticle title
Source: thewire.com
The Drug Enforcement Agency reportedly paid an Amtrak secretary more than $850,000 to snoop on passengers, even though they could have had the information for free.
The Associated Press reported Monday that according to a report by Amtrak's inspector general, an unnamed secretary received $854,460 over nearly two decades to obtain confidential information that the DEA could have accessed through other law enforcement sources.
The secretary had "effectively been acting as an informant" who sold private passenger information without approval, according to the AP report.
The DEA declined to comment to the AP, and the secretary was allowed to retire rather than face disciplinary action from Amtrak.
Read more: http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/08/the-dea-paid-an-amtrak-secretary-854460-for-free-passenger-lists/375895/
That is a great retirement bonus!
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)Edited to add, "What assholes."
Psephos
(8,032 posts)indepat
(20,899 posts)Psephos
(8,032 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Clearly they have too much money to waste.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)Obama could make it disappear the same way. No Congressional action required.
bonniebgood
(940 posts)disciplinary action or JAIL, ALLOWED TO KEEP retirement benefits, perhaps send her kids to college, pay off mortgage on stealing tax payer money. whomever, made that decision for her to retire, Im sure they were paid with some of that stolen money. White privilege much?
whistler162
(11,155 posts)send you to jail. That will be up to a Federal prosecutor and a hopefully/maybe a jury.