Category: Department of Homeland Securit
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A second ex-Guantanamo detainee says Ron DeSantis attended brutal forced feedings
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A second ex-Guantanamo prisoner has stepped forward to say that Ron DeSantis, while a U.S. Navy JAG officer in 2006, witnessed and allowed the brutal forced feedings of detainees that U.N. human rights authorities, and an international physician’s group have condemned as a form of torture. -
The Florida money connection to Dr. Oz in the high-stakes Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The owners of longtime FP&L affiliate Asplundh Tree Experts Co., whose bright orange bucket trucks can often be seen clearing vegetation and trimming trees in neighborhoods throughout South Florida, are spending big to elect TV showman and heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz to the U.S Senate -
America’s drinking water is surprisingly easy to poison
By Peter Elkind and Jack Gillum
ProPublica
On Feb. 16, less than two weeks after a mysterious attacker made headlines around the world by hacking a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida, and nearly generating a mass poisoning, the city’s mayor declared victory. -
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Adham Hassoun, Broward terror figure held long after completing his sentence, deported to Africa
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Adham Amin Hassoun’s journey through the U.S. justice system began on a balmy June night 18 years ago when agents with South Florida’s Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested him at his Sunrise home for overstaying his student visa. It ended a month ago with his deportation to the tiny African nation of Rwanda. -
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‘Invisible’ crime: Immigrant scams are big business in South Florida, but few crooks caught
By Joseph A. Mann Jr.
FloridaBulldog.org
Infamous as the setting for many cases of high-profile financial fraud and chicanery, South Florida is also home to a relatively unknown scam that targets the region’s large immigrant population, bilking many of them for thousands of dollars for “expert” immigration services that are never delivered, a Florida Bulldog investigation has found.
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