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Chapter Three - my internal affairs

Submitted February 26, 2004 - 1:27 am by Nora Callahan
I took a path down memory lane to encapsulate life as the child of a Border Patrol Agent turned Immigration Officer. It is posted in a Notebook here in the Narcosphere.

I intend to add some commentary in Borderline Security, ask some questions, and share an anecdote now and again. I ran it by Conroy, and he was cool with it. If I get long-winded, I will add a link to extended thoughts on particular subjects that stick in my craw' as they say.

I read Chapter Three and downloaded documentation. I'll send it to my brother, but he's been sort of comatose the last couple of years. It would be good to share his comments on this from prison. Having such a conversation might prod some life back into him. I try things, usually not consistently due to lifestyle his imprisonment tossed me into.

So, reading about the Whistleblowers Woes, coming from the camp of the Convicted Corrupt, I think the line between the two camps are thin indeed.

How much demoralization do civil servants suffer, before they say, 'What the hell?' and put their own hands into the cookie jar? What is the old saying? If you can't beat 'em - join 'em? What's good for the goose, is good for the gander? When it start's stinkin' from the top down, folks start saying things like, "You can't fight City Hall." Whew, but we've got excuses!

Over the years, I've been privy to a number of conversations with Customs, Border Patrol and INS servants in good standing, leastwise, on paper. They didn't become whistleblowers, but their complaints and disillusionment, rivaled my fathers.

One recently retired Border Supervisor, stationed here in Colville, Washington, but often pulled for 'detail' in various Arizona sectors said things were getting worse and worse. So, how does the embittered civil servant chose the 'high road?' No pun intended. For more, you can visit my Notebook entry entitled, What is an Internal Affair?

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