The Los Angeles Times raised eyebrows last week when it published internal documents detailing a planned raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Los Angeles area.

That led a senior Trump White House figure to complain that there are "corrupt" leakers operating within the FBI. 

Kristi Noem: "The FBI is so corrupt"

According to the Daily Caller, that allegation was put forward in a social media post put up on Sunday by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

The FBI is so corrupt. We will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law. https://t.co/HNW1ujf0Gd

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) February 9, 2025

"The FBI is so corrupt," Noem declared. "We will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law."

The Daily Caller explained that the scheduled raid was to be carried out in conjunction with personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and FBI.

Leaks appear to have compromised Colorado raid

The website noted how this is not the first time that an immigration raid has been foiled by media leaks, as a similar situation occurred this past Wednesday.

It recalled how ICE agents conducted a raid in the Denver Metro area which targeted members of Tren De Aragua, a violent Venezuelan-based gang.

Yet while the raid had been expected to apprehend 100 criminal illegal migrants, far fewer individuals were taken into custody, a fact which frustrated border czar Tom Homan.

"Op secs [operation security] is important," Homan was quoted as telling 9 News. "That's why when we go on these operations and the operations got leaked somehow, it makes us less successful."

Border czar may halt media ride-along program

"When you leak an operation that means more bad guys are not being arrested, which means more bad guys are walking the streets," Homan continued.

"I said day one, we want to be transparent [with] the American people. We've invited numerous media outlets along, but right now it's all about Op-Sec, operation security," the border czar stated.

"So, we may have to stop the media ride-alongs, because I'm not pointing the finger at them, but the less people that know about these operations, the safer this for our agents," he added.

9 News reported that when agents arrived at a mobile home park in Thornton, Colorado, they were confronted by protesting activists.