Law enforcement sources told The Intercept that Noem’s tale about a cannibal was a fabrication.

HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY Kristi Noem told a preposterous story demonizing immigrants in high-profile public remarks alongside President Donald Trump and on Fox News last summer, about a cannibal who ate other people and then, on his Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flight, began to eat himself. At the time, The Intercept was unable to substantiate any part of the tale.

Now, three officials from federal law enforcement agencies — including Noem’s own Department of Homeland Security — with knowledge of the allegations say the entire story was fabricated.

“It is completely false,” said one senior law enforcement official who is familiar with the allegation but not authorized to speak publicly on the subject.

Two other federal law enforcement officials echoed this, telling The Intercept that the claims were ludicrous and that there was no evidence corroborating the story.

Asked for comment, a DHS spokesperson said Noem was simply relaying the claims of an air marshal. “What ‘fabrication’ of the story of the cannibal?” the spokesperson said. “She was told that story on a deportation flight by one of the air marshals.”

  • hector@lemmy.today
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    5 days ago

    Nah, one of the rich, eating the unlucky poor. Peter Thiel and his technofascist pals, eating the glands and sexual organs of young men they procured from Israeli sources. The more I think about that the more it makes sense.

    You have to understand he’s big into shit like that, was getting blood of young boys treated and pumped in his veins to extend his youth for one thing.

    Then you have the q thing accusing the opponents of right wing extremism of using adrenochome, something harvested from young kids to extend their own health, which is as good as an admission they are doing something of the kind.

    We already know Israel is involved in the illegal organ transplant business, or rather black market I would say, it’s not much of a stretch to see it go from there to, these other darker uses of body parts, of which they have no shortage of.