WASHINGTON (PNN) - February 25, 2025 - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday evening on Fox News that her agency has identified some of the "leakers" responsible for releasing internal information.
On February 10, Secretary Noem suggested that "corrupt" FBI agents were behind a leaked memo about an upcoming "large-scale" Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in the Los Angeles area, which was obtained by the Los Angeles Times. With border czar Tom Homan echoing the secretary's suspicions a day later, Secretary Noem said on Hannity that "some" of the internal leakers had been caught, but she did not specify to which agency they belonged or how many there were.
"I have found some leakers. We are continuing to get more. They will be fired. There will be consequences. Remember, when they leak information to the press in order to blow an op, they are putting law enforcement lives in jeopardy," she said. "They are risking the lives of those people and putting their families in a position where they may have to live without them."
"We have used every tactic that we have. If you remember, we talked just last week about how I'm using polygraphs to go after and to really interview these folks because we are a national security agency. I have that tool I can use. I am also looking at their emails and looking at their communications," Noem added. "It's amazing how these bureaucrats have an agenda to stop the work that we're doing to bring safety to (Amerika), how they will sell each other down the river if it is just to protect themselves. Don't worry. I am doing everything to find these leakers and get rid of them so that we can do our work, and our law enforcement officers and agents can do it safely."
Since President Donald J. Trump's inauguration, the president has reversed a number of the fascist pretender Joe Biden-Communist pretender Kamala Harris regime policies on immigration, allowing ICE agents to arrest "criminal aliens," including rapists and murderers. However, protests have been held in lawless sanctuary cities like Los Angeles, calling for an end to the mass deportations.
While ICE has already conducted raids throughout the country, the Los Angeles Times obtained an internal memo, publishing a report on February 7 about federal law enforcement agents planning a "large-scale" raid in the Los Angeles area before the end of February. Radio show host Sean Hannity later asked Secretary Noem if leaking the information was "a crime," saying that the release of such details could put agents' lives "in jeopardy."
"Absolutely. When they are breaking the law, we are prosecuting and holding them accountable to it," Noem said. "We are not here to play games. This is about (Amerika). Any law enforcement officer who serves and partners not only with the Department of Homeland Security, but partners with us, listen, we respect you. We honor the work that you do. We will take care of your family. We will take care of you; and we will go after those that threaten your lives by leaking this type of information.”
Following the leaks, both Homan and Noem said they would identify those responsible for the information being released, with Noem warning employees that polygraph tests would be used.