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Schiendelman • yesterday at 3:42 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Almost all the cabinet level departments has their own Inspector General office since the 70s and 80s.

Homeland Security got one in 2003 with the combination of previous agencies.

The Homeland Security Act of 2002 also let those offices start having their own statutory powers and carry firearms without needing to be deputized by the US Marshals Service.


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Plasmoid • yesterday at 3:55 PM

> Homeland Security finally got one in 2003.

This was heavily affected by them being founded in 2002.

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evan_ • yesterday at 3:50 PM

"finally"? The Department of Homeland Security was formed in 2003.

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