The Department of Justice (DOJ) has stopped random Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) passenger searches at “mass transportation facilities,” such as airports, as of Thursday after the department’s inspector general found concerns with how such searches were being conducted.



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DOJ halts random DEA passenger searches at transportation facilities

The DOJ moved to limit the DEA from doing random searches at airports and other transportation facilities after an Inspector General review raised questions about the agency’s procedures.

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Justice Department blocks random searches of travelers by DEA at airports

The Department of Justice has stopped random Drug Enforcement Administration passenger searches “mass transportation facilities,” such as airports, as of Thursday, after the department’s inspector general found concerns with how such searches were being conducted. Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz’s office said, in a press release, that the “DEA was not complying with its own policy…

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The DEA has been barred from conducting random searches of travelers' belongings at airports and transit hubs following a Justice Department investigation that exposed corrupt practices.

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DEA Banned From Random Airport Searches After Scathing Justice Department Report Uncovers Corruption

Officials in the Justice Department, which oversees the DEA, ordered that the searches be suspended pending an internal evaluation.

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DEA passenger searches halted after watchdog finds signs of civil rights violations and racial profiling

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Paid Informants and Missed Flights: New OIG Report Peers Inside Controversial DEA Airport Program

Horowitz said the DEA wasn't following its own policies on those searches, which often included seizing cash.

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DOJ suspends DEA searches at airports over civil rights concerns

After years of complaints from civil liberties groups about abusive search and seizures, the Drug Enforcement Agency must halt most of its airport passenger searches.

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Justice Department orders DEA to halt airport searches because of 'significant issues' with cash seizures

The U.S. Department of Justice told the Drug Enforcement Administration to suspend consensual searches at airports and other mass transit facilities after hearing about potential civil rights violations.

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The DEA said it suspending a drug search program at U.S. airports after a DOJ watchdog said it could potentially "violate the legal rights of innocent travelers."

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DEA to suspend drug search program at airports after watchdog raises concerns

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to suspend searches of passengers at airports and other places after a DOJ watchdog report found “concerns” over the way DEA officials were conducting the searches. In a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Michael E. Horowitz, on Thursday, it was revealed that the OIG had found instances in which DEA officers were …

DOJ halts random DEA passenger searches at transportation facilities

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