The Washington Times
U.S. Border Patrol Chief David V. Aguilar is being denounced for "intimidation tactics" in sending a top aide to seek a "show of hands" among field agents for those who support the chief, who received a unanimous "no confidence" vote from leaders of the agency's rank and file.
The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), which represents all 11,000 of the Border Patrol's non-supervisory field agents, called unannounced appearances last week by Jeff Self, the senior associate Border Patrol chief, at morning briefings at field offices in Tucson and Nogales, Ariz., a public relations ploy aimed at discrediting the no-confidence vote.
"Chief Aguilar has decided to implement intimidation tactics in an effort to undermine the vote of no confidence," the NBPC's Local 2544 in Tucson said in a notice to its members. "He has dispatched one of his associates to address musters and to corner rank-and-file agents at their workplaces.
Posted by Richard at May 12, 2007