ICE Probing Leak On Obama’s AuntVia Ben Smith, a statement from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on the leak to the Associated Press of immigration information about Obama’s aunt.
Early this morning, the matter was refered (sic) to Inspector General and ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility for action. They are looking into whether there was a violation of policy in publicly disclosing individual case information.
We also learned earlier today that internal Justice Department investigators are looking into the leaking of information, earlier this month, about a nationwide FBI probe of ACORN.
To be clear, though ICE appears to be the most likely source of the leak about Obama’s aunt, we don’t know with 100 percent certainty that that’s where it came from. The Associated Press attributed its report to two sources, “one of them a federal law enforcment official.” According to Dan Kowalski, an immigration law expert and the editor of the the online newsletter, Benders Immigration Bulletin,, the information would have been available to people at several government agencies, both at the Department of Homeland Security (of which ICE is a part) and the Department of Justice, which would have an enforcement role in immigration proceedings.