facilities.”Talking with journalists on Monday, Mr. Klein declined to say if Ms. Provost was one of the 62 current employees identified as a member of the “10-15” group. Initially, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general was asked to investigate the Facebook page, but it referred the case to Customs and Border Protection, an agency within the department. On Monday, Mr. Klein said 64 of the identified current and former agents were connected to the “I’m 10-15,” group, which had about 9,500 members. “Messages posted on a private page that are discriminatory or harassing are not protected and violate standards of conduct,” Mr. Klein said. From January 2016 to last month, 80 Customs and Border Protection employees have been investigated for inappropriate posts on social media websites, Mr. Klein said.

Source: New York Times July 15, 2019 23:26 UTC