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Altercation
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Washington, DC, February 16, 2006
 n an annual appropriations hearing Wednesday with Secretary Michael Chertoff
of the Department of Homeland
Security, Congressman
José E. Serrano asked about
DHS involvement
in the FBI/journalist altercation
in Puerto
Rico. Secretary Chertoff
was unable to confirm
or deny the presence of
DHS agents in the
raids that led to agents
spraying mace on
journalists.
Serrano asked directly
on three occasions
whether the Department
of Homeland Security
was involved in the operation.
Secretary
Chertoff said that he was
"not aware
of DHS agents being involved,
but they could
have been through the Joint
Terrorism Task
Force."
Reflecting on the answer,
Serrano stated:
"If this operation against
Independentistas
was actually terrorism-related,
I would imagine
that Homeland Security
would have been involved.
If it wasn't terrorism
related, and the FBI
publicly stated that it
was, that raises
very serious questions
about the nature of
the operation. I hope that
following up with
Secretary Chertoff will
help me, and the
public, determine whether
this incident actually
involved a terrorism threat."
"I intend to press this
question further
when I question FBI Director
Mueller at his
hearing before my subcommittee,"
Serrano
added. "There are too many
unanswered
questions, especially coming
on the heels
of the Ojeda Rios disaster.
We must find
out what is happening with
the FBI in Puerto
Rico. What is causing these
operational calamities?"
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