DHS official’s office searched after alleged security violation: Report

An intelligence official working for the Department of Homeland Security reportedly had his office searched and was escorted from the workplace on Monday.

Brian Sulc, executive director of the Transnational Organized Crime Mission Center at DHS’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, was placed on administrative leave and is under investigation, per the Rolling Stone.

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Sulc is now under investigation for allegedly bringing a personal device into the secure office, which does not permit those devices. The report says that Sulc has not been charged with a crime or arrested, but he is on leave.

DHS would not comment on the investigation to the outlet, saying the situation was ongoing.

The report says that Sulc was responsible for assessments for some of the top matters the department handles, including border security and the opioid epidemic.

The Rolling Stone report also says that Sulc was escorted from his office once law enforcement arrived and was brought to a different part of the DHS complex to be questioned. Sulc’s office was reportedly sealed with police tape, and evidence seals were put around the and on the door’s keyhole. The incident wherein Sulc was taken away from his office happened after 4 p.m. on Monday.

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DHS has been under scrutiny from Congress for its handling of immigration and policy on border security.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday. House Republicans appeared to lay the groundwork for his impeachment.