DHS Whistleblower Found Dead Says a California Sheriff’s Department

According to a breaking news story on Saturday, one of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) most informative internal whistleblowers, Philip Haney, was discovered dead in Amador County, California, on Friday, according to members of the Amador County Sheriff’s Office’s investigative team.

A decidedly vocal critic of President Barack Obama’s counter-terrorism strategy, the 66-year old Haney “appeared to have suffered a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound,” the Amador County Sheriff’s Office said in a release. Sheriff and coroner Martin A. Ryan shared very little about the case so far, although some observers aren’t buying the suicide scenario.

“On February 21, 2020 at approximately 1012 hours, deputies and detectives responded to the area of Highway 124 and Highway 16 in Plymouth to the report of a male subject on the ground with a gunshot wound,” the ACSO’s press release read.

“Upon their arrival, they located and identified Philip Haney, who was deceased and appeared to have suffered a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound. A firearm was located next to Haney and his vehicle. This investigation is active and ongoing. No further details will be released at this time,” the office added.

Fox News contributor and investigative reporter Sara Carter tweeted a message about Haney’s death on Saturday and requested her readers to pray for his family and for police, who are still searching for answers and investigating the incident.

“Somebody I deeply respected and considered a friend Phil Haney – a DHS whistleblower during the Obama Admin was apparently killed yesterday in Southern California,” Carter wrote. “Pray for his family and pray they find the person who murdered him. Still trying to get confirmation on details.”

Haney, a former DHS agent, was also the author of “See Something, Say Nothing: A Homeland Security Officer Exposes the Government’s Submission to Jihad,” a book highly critical of President Barack Obama’s handling of the so-called war on extremism.

He was an outspoken critic of the Obama on Fox News Channel, One American News Network, specifically his handling of radical Jihadist elements and Islamic terrorism. For example, under Obama the War College fired a number of instructors who were training military officers in Islamic terrorism.

Haney, who submitted his resignation in 2015, studied Arabic culture and language while working as a scientist in the Middle East before becoming a founding member of the Department of Homeland Security in 2002 as a Customs & Border Protection (CBP) official.

After serving as an armed CBP officer, he was promoted to its Advanced Targeting Team. He specialized in Islamic theology and the strategy and tactics of the global Islamic movement, which went against the Obama policy that actually welcomed members of the Muslim Brotherhood to the White House and U.S. government law enforcement agencies such as the FBI.

The Amador County Sheriff’s Office Investigation Bureau is housed at the Amador County Sheriff’s Office Main Facility located at 700 Court Street, Jackson, California. The division is currently comprised of one lieutenant, two sergeants, four deputy sheriffs, two extra help investigators, and one crime scene investigator.

Under the current configuration, one sergeant and two deputies conduct investigations into crimes against children, sex crimes, crimes against persons and the sexual offender registration program.

One sergeant and two deputies conduct investigations into crimes against property, such as theft and burglary and serve as deputy coroners, responsible for follow up inquiries associated with coroner investigations. The typical duties of personnel assigned to the Investigations Division include but are not limited to; investigation of major crimes, initial and follow up investigations; interviews of victims, witnesses and suspects; collection and review of physical evidence, drafting crime reports, drafting and execution of search and arrest warrants and providing expert court room testimony.