DHS dismisses senior CBP official for allegedly leaking sensitive information: report

The Department of Homeland Security reportedly dismissed a senior Customs and Border Protection official on Thursday after determining the officer had allegedly leaked sensitive personal information about CBP employees, along with details of border wall negotiations, to members of the media.

The official, who was not publicly identified, was escorted out of his Washington, D.C., office after the leak was uncovered, according to Fox News on Saturday. 

"As DHS law enforcement face an 8000% increase in death threats, leaking law enforcement sensitive information is abhorrently dangerous," a DHS spokesperson said. "DHS is agnostic about your standing, tenure, political appointment, or status as a career civil servant — we will track down leakers and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law."