The condemnation comes just days after a passport screening official allegedly asked a reporter four times if he writes "propaganda."
Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan spoke out against harassment of journalists after a reporter said he was asked repeatedly by a customs official whether he writes “propaganda.”
Defense One editor Ben Watson reported last week that a passport screening official at Dulles International Airport in Virginia questioned him incessantly while holding on to the document. On Tuesday, Morgan urged anyone who has faced such treatment to immediately report it to either the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility or the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s Office.“And there’s a little thing in the country called freedom of speech, so anything that we do that would impede that, we’re going to hold people accountable. It’s unacceptable ― 100%,” Morgan said.
Watson has filed a civil rights complaint as a result, though he has yet to receive an update on the matter.“We are encouraged by the acting commissioner’s remarks today, and the overall positive and pragmatic responses this incident has generated,” Watson said Tuesday over email.
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