Additionally, Haney was engaged to be married.Īs a whistleblower, Haney testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in June 2016 that DHS ordered him to delete hundreds of files of people with ties to Islamist terrorist groups, arguing several terrorist attacks against people in the United States could have been prevented if certain files had not been scrubbed. "So we really don't know anything concrete."Īccording to sources close to Haney, he was recently in contact with top officials about returning to work for the DHS. They said it could be days or weeks," she said. Haney's stepmom, Judith Haney, told the Washington Examiner that law enforcement took possession of the former DHS official's cell phone and laptop. The Amador County Sheriff's office would not respond to any further questions. No further details will be released at this time," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
This investigation is active and ongoing. A firearm was located next to Haney and his vehicle.
"Upon their arrival, they located and identified 66-year-old Philip Haney, who was deceased and appeared to have suffered a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound. of a male subject on the ground with a gunshot wound in the area of Highway 124 and Highway 16 in Plymouth, California. The Amador County Sheriff's office confirmed to the Washington Examiner that deputies and detectives responded to reports Friday morning at 10:12 a.m. Philip Haney, a former Homeland Security Department official during the Obama administration who blew the whistle on his own agency, was found dead Friday with a gunshot wound about 40 miles east of Sacramento, California.
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