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Co-founder/Executive Director @propertyofthepeople.org. PhD @MIT. Previously @BKCHarvard. FOIA. nat sec. animals. punk rock. propertyofthepeople.org 🌱

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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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FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Free link: wapo.st/4rAfWdM
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Analysis | The government is enlisting AI to help decide what public records you get to see
The Department of Homeland Security says it will use the technology to “revolutionize” how the agency handles redactions.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is an important case to watch and revolves around whether or not the government can criminalize people using commercially-available drones for the purpose of watching ICE agents.
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D.C. Circuit Must Vacate a Drone Flight Restriction That Criminalized Recording Immigration Agents
EFF joined an amicus brief with ACLU, ACLU of D.C., National Press Photographers Association, and Professional Photographers of America to urge the D.C. Circuit to vacate an FAA drone flight restricti...
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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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Distributed Denial of Secrets @ddosecrets.org · 16/09/2026
Flock ALPR camera (28.55 GB) Filesystem images of the partitions on an in-use Flock ALPR camera, including custom Android APK files installed on the device, as well as its recorded media. ddosecrets.org/article/floc... Help us keep publishing: donorbox.org/ddosecrets
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Flock ALPR camera - Distributed Denial of Secrets
Filesystem images of the partitions on an in-use Flock ALPR camera, including custom Android APK files installed on the device, as well as its recorded media. The data reveals how the devices track…
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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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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor & Predict the Behavior of Dissenters—& has already Reported Folks to the Police prospect.org/2026/09/09/a... Sounds like DHS?!? So Anthropic claimed they won’t help the USG to illegally spy on folks—but they’ll do it themselves?
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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
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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... .
theguardian.com
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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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
NEW: WIRED analyzed Meta's AI app and found NameTag — a hidden facial recognition system designed to identify people via the wearer's smart glasses — has already shipped to over 50 million phones.
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Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
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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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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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Sherifa Zuhur @sherifazuhur.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Prominent Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Detained in #Kuwait as Gulf Cracks Down on Free Speech During #Iran War zeteo.com/p/prominent-...
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Prominent Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Detained in Kuwait as Gulf Cracks Down on Free Speech During Iran War
Shihab-Eldin, who is a US citizen and long-standing critic of Israel, has been imprisoned for six weeks.
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 08/04/2026
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Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents | TechCrunch
The LAPD said the breach affected “a digital storage system” belonging to the city’s Attorney's Office. The World Leaks extortion gang was reported to be behind the attack.
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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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Alexa O’Brien @alexaobrien.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Great working by @rshapiro.bsky.social and his organization.
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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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WIRED @wired.com · 02/04/2026
A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history. www.wired.com/story/border...
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Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown
A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A reminder that we put out a report that explains the shady ways technology companies are marketing and selling their devices to police, including how they come up with the claims of effectiveness. Everyone, especially journalists and law makers, should read this. www.eff.org/document/sel...
white text on a green background "selling safety: a journalist's guide to covering police technology
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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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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
NEW: Palantir is piloting a tool at IRS to control tax audits. by @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
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The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged
Documents show the tax agency is testing a Palantir tool to surface “highest-value” audit and investigation targets from a maze of legacy systems.
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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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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Great FOIA and investigative work shows the one thing the Trump administration is good at is ignoring what the intelligence community is actually saying & twisting the narrative. By @rshapiro.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social and no paywall because Wired makes FOIA-based reporting free.
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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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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
NEW: Hundreds of internal US gov't docs obtained by @wired.com undermine Trump admin claims that Tren de Aragua is a sophisticated terrorist threat, instead painting it as an unorganized criminal gang. @dell.bsky.social & @rshapiro.bsky.social w/ the scoop. No paywall: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
wired.com
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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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
NEW: Trump warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘invasion,’ but 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. read @dell.bsky.social and @rshapiro.bsky.social:
wired.com
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-...
wired.com
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
We'll be honest with you. We're great at fighting. We're less good at fundraising. If you value the work we do fighting Trump and his ongoing dismantling of American democracy, please make an end-of-year tax-deductible donation to support this work. Thank you so much. propertyofthepeople.org/donate/
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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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Distributed Denial of Secrets @ddosecrets.org · 22/12/2025
The censored 60 Minutes' segment, Inside CECOT, is now available. Download from @ddosecrets.org: data.ddosecrets.org/Inside%20CEC... Download/stream from @archive.org: archive.org/details/insi... The original video was recorded by @jasonparis.bsky.social, and cleaned up by @emma.best
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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:
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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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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