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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 28/09/2026
German pickup of our latest by @tagesspiegel.de: FBI issued a thinly-sourced security alert warning "a small group of women" might be creating fake "tradwife" dating profiles to ensnare & embarrass ICE agents, as revealed in intel documents we obtained. #FOIA www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...
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Dating-Falle für ICE-Agenten?: FBI warnt Beamte in internem Schreiben vor fiktiven „Trad-Wives“
Sie geben sich als konservative „Trad-Wives“ aus und suchen offenbar gezielt Kontakt zu ICE-Beamten: Das FBI warnt vor Dating-Profilen, die zur öffentlichen Bloßstellung der Agenten dienen könnten.
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 21/09/2026
Additional coverage by @nbcnews.com of our latest: FBI issued a thinly-sourced security alert warning "a small group of women" might be creating fake "tradwife" dating profiles to ensnare & embarrass ICE agents, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained. #FOIA www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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FBI warned immigration authorities about fake tradwife dating profiles
An FBI memo said that a small group of women were posing with a “traditional wife” aesthetic as a tactic to lure immigration authorities.
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 18/09/2026
Our dir. @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: FBI issued a thinly-sourced security alert warning "a small group of women" might be creating fake "tradwife" dating profiles to embarrass ICE agents, as revealed in intel docs we obtained/shared w @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 17/09/2026
Good additional coverage by @newrepublic.com of our story today: FBI issued a thinly-sourced security alert warning "a small group of women" might be creating fake "tradwife" dating profiles to ensnare and embarrass ICE agents. #FOIA newrepublic.com/post/215548/...
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FBI Warns Women Are Pretending to Be Tradwives to Catfish and Dox ICE
The FBI sent a memo to ICE saying women wanted to “embarrass” immigration agents.
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW: FBI warned law enforcement across the US that women with fake "tradwife" profiles were luring ICE agents on dating sites to "dox" + "embarrass" them. FBI didn't provide evidence, but the internal memo is one of many raising alarms about anti-ICE activist "threats." w/ @propertyofthepeople.org
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FBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo reveals
Exclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 17/09/2026
Additional coverage by @rawstory.com of our @us.theguardian.com story today: FBI issued a thinly-sourced security alert warning "a small group of women" might be creating fake "tradwife" dating profiles to ensnare and embarrass ICE agents. #FOIA www.rawstory.com/ice-doxxing/
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ICE on high alert as FBI warns of lurking 'tradwife' threat: report
Agents working for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) have been advised to be on their toes if they are looking to add a little romance into their lives when they are not rounding up imm...
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 17/09/2026
FBI issued a thinly-sourced security alert warning "a small group of women" might be creating fake "tradwife" dating profiles to ensnare and embarrass ICE agents, as revealed in intel docs we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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FBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo reveals
Exclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 09/09/2026
Our executive director @rshapiro.bsky.social discussing our latest: Law enforcement counterterrorism units fear Meta smart glasses could be used to film police and ICE operations, as revealed in intel documents we obtained and shared w/ @theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 08/09/2026
Law enforcement counterterrorism units fear Meta smart glasses could be used to film police and ICE operations, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared w/ @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/technology/2... .
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US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them
Exclusive: Documents show officers from Maine to California worry Meta’s camera-equipped glasses will be used either to secretly record them or aid acts of terrorism
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 01/09/2026
Our executive director @rshapiro.bsky.social discussing our latest: DHS and the intelligence centers it bankrolls are targeting as a terrorist threat a website that lists ICE contractors, as revealed in intel documents we obtained and shared w/ @usatoday.com. #FOIA www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 31/08/2026
DHS and the intelligence centers it bankrolls are targeting as a terrorist threat a website that tracks ICE contractors, as revealed in intel documents we obtained and shared w/ @usatoday.com. #FOIA www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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A mom's website shows who profits from ICE. Why Feds call it a 'threat'
A Texas stay-at-home mom created a website showing companies profiting from ICE. It led to hundreds of protests. Feds called the site a "national threat."
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 24/08/2026
Our latest: Activists fight back against Flock surveillance. Story based in part on intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @nbcnews.com. #FOIA www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 21/08/2026
Activists fight back against Flock surveillance. Story based in part on intelligence documents we obtained and shared w/ @kevincollier.bsky.social / @tavleennbc.bsky.social / @nbcnews.com #FOIA www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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Flock camera vandals say privacy reforms aren’t enough: ‘The changes are bull----’
The surveillance company announced shorter data retention and new oversight after a wave of attacks on its cameras.
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 30/06/2026
Our executive director @rshapiro.bsky.social discussing our latest: Due to Trump's gutting of election security infrastructure, states fear the feds won't reliably share election threat information. As revealed in documents we obtained and shared w/ @usatoday.com. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... .
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 29/06/2026
Due to Trump's gutting of election security infrastructure, states fear the feds won't reliably share election threat info, turning instead to industry to defend the American vote. As revealed in docs we obtained and shared w/ @sarahdwire.bsky.social / @usatoday.com. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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States don't expect feds to reliably share election threats: Exclusive
State election officials say federal agencies are failing to provide security support needed for midterms.
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 07/05/2026
Our latest: www.reuters.com/world/us/ira...
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 27/04/2026
Our executive director @rshapiro.bsky.social discussing our latest: Law enforcement fears conventional officers might be mistaken for ICE, blames anti-ICE activists, as revealed in intel docs we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... .
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Local cops growing fearful of being mistaken for feds. City officials are trying to train citizens how to distinguish between them. Meanwhile, Minneapolis sees a "substantial increase" in residents refusing to answer the door for firefighters & other municipal workers. via @propertyofthepeople.org
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Police across the US worry officers are being misidentified as ICE, records show
Exclusive: Emails and internal memos reveal concerns immigration enforcement is interfering with police work
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
NEW: Law enforcement + city officials across the US have privately worried ICE operations are interfering with police work + public safety Internal memos reveal growing concerns people might misidentify local cops as ICE. Records obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org, shared with @us.theguardian.com
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Police across the US worry officers are being misidentified as ICE, records show
Exclusive: Emails and internal memos reveal concerns immigration enforcement is interfering with police work
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 24/04/2026
Law enforcement fears conventional officers might be mistaken for ICE, blames anti-ICE activists, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Police across the US worry officers are being misidentified as ICE, records show
Exclusive: Emails and internal memos reveal concerns immigration enforcement is interfering with police work
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Alexa O’Brien @alexaobrien.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Great working by @rshapiro.bsky.social and his organization.
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Be braced for more. @propertyofthepeople.org is where it’s at.
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 08/04/2026
Big: The White House initially blocked distribution of the FBI's intelligence report on supposed Iranian threats to the US, but we got it. And we shared it w/ @reuters.com @tedhesson.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social. #FOIA www.reuters.com/world/us/int...
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Exclusive: Intelligence report warned of Iran's 'persistent threat' to US as White House downplayed the risk
The FBI warned U.S. state and ​local law enforcement of an elevated threat posed by Iran's government to targets in the United States last month even as ‌the White House sought to downplay the likelih...
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
In the wake of rampant ICE abuse, ICE-tracking apps were developed to assist in community response to immigration enforcement. With @propertyofthepeople.org documents, we know ICE is investigating those apps and their use as domestic terrorism www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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ICE-Tracking Apps Have Helped People Avoid Immigration Agents. Are They Legal?
ICEBlock was meant to help people avoid immigration enforcement. The Trump Administration claims that the app endangered the agents of its mass-deportation campaign.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
An ICE associate director claimed the Dallas shooter used ICE-tracking apps to target agents. But the attack was aimed at a government building with a known address. FOIA docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org show the FBI had no evidence of ICEBlock being used in any attack.
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ICE-Tracking Apps Have Helped People Avoid Immigration Agents. Are They Legal?
ICEBlock was meant to help people avoid immigration enforcement. The Trump Administration claims that the app endangered the agents of its mass-deportation campaign.
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 31/03/2026
Our executive director @rshapiro.bsky.social discussing our latest: The Trump administration is targeting ICE tracking apps and their developers as security threats, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @newyorker.com. #FOIA www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 30/03/2026
The Trump administration is targeting ICE tracking apps and their developers as security threats, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @newyorker.com. #FOIA www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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ICE-Tracking Apps Have Helped People Avoid Immigration Agents. Are They Legal?
ICEBlock was meant to help people avoid immigration enforcement. The Trump Administration claims that the app endangered the agents of its mass-deportation campaign.
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 15/01/2026
BIG: The case for Tren de Aragua being invading narco-terrorists, key to Trump's attacks on Venezuela and immigrant communities at home, is just another manufactured threat, as revealed in a trove of intel documents we provided to @dell.bsky.social / @wired.com. #FOIA www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This article is free to read and was coauthored by me and @rshapiro.bsky.social.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Trump claimed TdA had “thousands” of members in the US. But internal CBP records show when officials couldn’t support that figure with evidence, they resorted to statistical sleight of hand to reach a number more in line with the president's claim, which was 30x higher than what CBP could prove.
Elsewhere, the CBP report undercuts assertions that the government had a clear picture of TdA’s footprint in the US. It notes that it was “difficult for US law enforcement and the intelligence community to ascertain the exact number” of TdA members due to a “lack of determinate indicators” and the “adoption of the TdA name by unaffiliated groups and persons.” Ultimately, those limitations became justification for bending statistics to support the administration’s framing of a US-based terrorist threat numbering in the “thousands.”

Over a 22-month period, CBP’s own detection methods identified no more than 83 known TdA members at the border. To reach a much larger figure, the record shows analysts relied on a “sample set of interviews,” extrapolating that “upwards of 3,000” TdA members must have crossed the border during that same period—an estimate based on the assumption that roughly “one-half of one percent” of all Venezuelan migrants who entered the US through the southwest border had ties to TdA.

The same assumption underlies the report’s treatment of Venezuelan asylum communities, which it frames as potential risk environments shaped by “sanctuary city” policies and jurisdictions the agency views as “weak” on enforcement.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
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Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat.
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 14/01/2026
BIG: The case for Tren de Aragua being invading narco-terrorists, key to Trump's attacks on Venezuela and immigrant communities at home, is just another manufactured threat, as revealed in a trove of intel documents we provided to @dell.bsky.social / @wired.com. #FOIA www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat.
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 30/12/2025
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 26/12/2025
Our work contributed to this @time.com piece on the movement against ICE. #FOIA time.com/7341833/no-s...
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 22/12/2025
This year, again and again we exposed the inner workings of Trump and his co-conspirators' nefarious efforts. But the truth is, we can’t do this work without you. Strike back at the ghouls dismantling our democracy by helping us continue our critical mission. 🙏 propertyofthepeople.org/donate/
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 22/12/2025
Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: FBI using Trump's broad "anti-antifa" order to target anti-ICE organizing as anarchist extremist terrorism, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social / @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The new FBI report is coming to light after we revealed last month that the FBI and NYPD have spied on a Signal group of NYC court watch activists who monitor public proceedings, labeling the volunteers “anarchist violent extremists." From earlier records unearthed by @propertyofthepeople.org:
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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
“At its core, the war on antifa is a war on dissent, a war on free speech” -@rshapiro.bsky.social @propertyofthepeople.org. The docs “strongly suggest one of the primary functions of NSPM-7 is to serve as a vehicle for targeting anti-ICE organizing broadly as an anarchist violent extremist threat"
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
An internal FBI report in Nov, distributed to other law enforcement agencies, said “indicators” an individual may be planning to attack ICE facilities or staff include “conducting online research” about agents’ movements + using encrypted messaging apps. @us.theguardian.com @propertyofthepeople.org
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Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
NEW: The FBI has launched "domestic terrorism" investigations into anti-ICE activity across the US. Some cases are under Trump's NSPM-7 order to crackdown on "anti-fascism" and "anti-Americanism." Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:
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Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 19/12/2025
The FBI has launched “criminal and domestic terrorism investigations” into “threats" against ICE in at least 23 regions across the US, according to a file obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org and shared with the Guardian. Some cases are linked to Trump's memo on thwarting "terroristic activities".
theguardian.com
Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 19/12/2025
BIG: FBI using Trump's broad "anti-antifa" order to target anti-ICE organizing as anarchist extremist terrorism, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA
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Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 02/12/2025
The Trump regime has been busy dismantling American democracy, but we've been busy fighting back! We've been furiously exposing Trump and his co-conspirators. This Giving Tuesday, fight back with us by helping Property of the People continue our critical mission! propertyofthepeople.org/donate/
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 24/11/2025
Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
“Basic civic participation is not a terrorist threat” - @rshapiro.bsky.social of @propertyofthepeople.org. “The FBI treating it like one is yet another example of the Trump regime’s profound contempt for even the most rudimentary of democratic freedoms.” Full @us.theguardian.com story here:
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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.” Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
theguardian.com
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 21/11/2025
Public records requests by @propertyofthepeople.org reveal FBI had access to at least one immigration court watch Signal group—it’s not clear how. But from what we know about how Signal works, it could be the FBI obtained access to a group member’s phone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI's report from August, prepared by its New York division, does not make clear how the bureau accessed the Signal group. The Signal platform, widely used by activists, is known for its end-to-end encryption; typically, the only way law enforcement can access messages is if they are directly included in the chat, are sent copies from a participant or have access to a member's unlocked phone.
The FBI said the information came from a
"sensitive source with excellent access" and introduced the report as a warning about
"extremist actors targeting law enforcement officers and federal facilities".
In "late May", an individual "participated in a
debrief session held via a Signal call within the 'courtwatch' Signal groupchat", the FBI wrote, without identifying the individual or the specific group or organizations involved.
That person "discussed how to improve future activities near federal facilities in New York City, including 26 Federal Plaza, 201 Varick Street and 290 Broadway", the report continued, listing the addresses of three immigration courts in Manhattan.
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Another important FOIA release made possible by @propertyofthepeople.org @rshapiro.bsky.social And @sreynolds.bsky.social is spot on: COINTELPRO redux
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Huge shout out to @propertyofthepeople.org for obtaining the records that revealed this.
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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 21/11/2025
BIG: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists for quietly sitting in on court cases, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
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