A security unit within the Commerce Department overstepped its authority in its investigation and surveillance of employees, actions that often targeted Asian-Americans, according to a recent Senate committee report
An investigation launched by the top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee found the security unit operated as an ‘unaccountable police force’ByA security unit within the Commerce Department overstepped its authority in its investigation and surveillance of employees, actions that often targeted Asian-Americans, according to a recentThe report is the result of a probe launched in February by Sen.
“The unit regularly disregarded the rule of law, committing gross abuses of power and misusing taxpayer funds to perform missions the unit lacked authorization to undertake,’’ the report said in its conclusion. The unit was set up to help protect the commerce secretary and the department’s facilities by identifying agency vulnerabilities.
The report said investigations into threats facing the department led the unit to mutate “into a rogue, unaccountable police force without a clear mission.” The unit lacked the authority to conduct law-enforcement powers, the report said,
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