A U.S. Customs and Border Protection official withheld journalist Ben Watson's passport until he admitted to writing 'propaganda.'
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection official withheld a journalist's passport until he admitted to writing"propaganda," the reporter says. Ben Watson, a reporter with Defense One, a news outlet that covers defense and national security, was returning from an assignment in Denmark. He said the flight had been long, and the pileup at the permanent resident reentry aisle was sluggish. So sluggish, Watson jokingly began"mooing," he said.
Story continues“Customs and Border Protection is aware of the allegation posed by a Defense One editor about an officer’s alleged inappropriate conduct at Washington Dulles International airport and we are investigating the allegation," a spokesperson said."We hold our employees accountable to our core values of vigilance, integrity and service to country, and do not tolerate inappropriate comments or behavior by our employees.
In May, a freelance journalist said he was detained by CBP for hours after returning home to Austin, Texas. Officials even parsed through the photos, videos and communications on his iPhone, the reporter said. The incident at Dulles Airport has also been met with outrage on social media. Watson's colleague, Katie Bo Williams, called the CBP official's behavior"genuinely disturbing" in a Tweet on Friday.
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