September 28, 2013 Homeland Security Documents Found in Target Parking Lot M. Catherine Evans
After a raid on a lumber business near Richmond, Virginia, an anonymous passerby found the Homeland Security staging documents in the parking lot of a Target store.
On Thursday Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations executed search warrants at the Lumber Liquidator' s Virginia headquarters in Toano. Another business location for the hardwood-flooring retailer in suburban Richmond was also searched. At the time, a spokesman for the feds declined to say whether the warrant was related to a particular person or for the company as a whole. Lumber Liquidators has 305 stores in North America.
In a statement, the company said it was cooperating to provide information and documentation to "answer questions relating to the importation of certain products."
On Friday, September 27, NBC 12, a local affiliate, reported it had inside information [See video] on the reason for the raid:
NBC12 uncovered information that says the reason for this raid is that protected wood was being illegally imported. The investigation reveals that the wood species is part of the habitat of the highly endangered Siberian tiger.
The wood originates in Russia and is processed in China, but according to information on the documents, government agents suspect the it was declared as coming from other countries. That would be a violation of the "Lacey Act," which combats trafficking of "illegal" wildlife, fish and plants.
Just imagine how 'secure' our medical records will be under ObamaCare if records regarding so-called national security are found rolling about in a parking lot..