The DEA Paid An Amtrak Secretary $854,460 for Free Passenger ListsArticle title

[Oldtimeralso]

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/

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That is a great retirement bonus!

[Hoppy]

1. Where can I apply to be an Amtrak secretary?

Edited to add, "What assholes."

[Psephos]

2. Your tax dollars at work. Nice. n/t

[indepat]

4. Surely the Amtrak secretary paid all required Federal and state taxes on her ill-gotten lucre

[Psephos]

5. no doubt about it ;-) n/t

[Dawson Leery]

3. Disban the DEA.

Clearly they have too much money to waste.

[DeSwiss]

6. +1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

- I think that's a brazillion?!?!



K&R

[PeoViejo]

8. Nixon ceated the DEA out of thin Air with the stroke of a pen.

Obama could make it disappear the same way. No Congressional action required.

[bonniebgood]

7. "Unnamed Secretary" allowed to retire rather than facing

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]

9. I am almost sure Amtrak can't

send you to jail. That will be up to a Federal prosecutor and a hopefully/maybe a jury.