Editor’s notebook: Secrecy in government does Tennesseans no good

By: J. Holly McCall

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: March 19, 2026

Words: 848

Last Updated: 2 days, 3 hours ago

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When President Donald Trump announced in September, with the approval of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, that he would install agents from the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Marshals, Homeland Security, and Customs and Border Protection, among others, in Memphis, he said the purpose was to crack down on crime.

Anecdotally, it soon became apparent that finding the so-called “worst of the worst” criminals was not the mission of the Memphis Safe Task Force. …

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