Customs and Border Patrol

Loan a Drone

UPDATED 4:39 AM EST, December 12, 2012 | By Kimberly Dvorak

Far from the battlefields of Afghanistan, a Predator drone was summoned into action last year to spy on a North Dakota farmer who allegedly refused to return a half dozen of his neighbor’s cows that had strayed onto his pastures.

»MORE
UPDATED 15:57 PM EST, December 3, 2012

Racing to Spend Money

In the midst of a historic surge in gun violence along the Mexican border and a rise in attacks on its own agents, the Homeland Security Department’s Customs and Border Patrol agency dished out $8.4 million for an unprecedented strategy.

The tax dollars didn’t buy more ammunition, put more drone patrols into the skies or pay the salaries of new border guards.

Instead, it went to Jay Robinson Racing LLC, a North Carolina -based racing team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series.

»MORE

Guardian Exclusives

The White House is in damage control mode - and stretching facts to defend itself
How an effort to integrate Afghan forces gave the Taliban the chance to unleash the newest lethal threat to U.S. troops
Facebook founder launches political group, focuses first on immigration policy debate
A bill designed to help farmers is riddled with millions of dollars in giveaways