Operation Whistle Pig: Customs and Border Patrol secret unit used country’s most sensitive databases to spy on US citizens

Daily Mail UK

By ADAM MANNO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 21:51 EST, 11 December 2021 | UPDATED: 03:10 EST, 12 December 2021

A secretive unit within US Customs and Border Patrol peered into the personal and financial records of government staff, nonprofit workers and up to 20 journalists from outlets like the New York Times and the Associated Press.

Some of the searches were part of a probe into media leaks during the Trump administration. One investigation, dubbed ‘Operation Whistle Pig’ in reference to a brand of whiskey, ensnared a Senate staffer who was having an affair with a reporter.

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