- 6 - the Border Patrol station, or terminate the encounter at any time. Reese did not provide Miranda warnings to petitioner or Goncalo at the airport or at anytime that day. Reese had received training in how to determine, in a given situation, whether there is probable cause that a crime has been committed. Reese had also received training both at the Border Patrol Academy and at numerous post-academy training courses in how to conduct appropriately an investigative search. In the course of Reese's 27-year career at the Border Patrol, he had participated in approximately 30 narcotics seizures at the Bellingham airport and approximately 40 currency seizures. Agency Relationships There was no formal or informal agreement to exchange information between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Border Patrol in Bellingham, Washington. The IRS did not participate in the subject search and seizure. Special Agent James Howisey (Howisey), a Criminal Investigation Division (CID) agent for the IRS, traveled to the DEA office in Blaine, Washington, approximately once a year while he was assigned to the Everett, Washington, IRS office. Howisey met with DEA agents at the Blaine DEA office to discuss IRS CID functions and describe types of cases that might make good tax cases. When Howisey visited,Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Next
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