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fromEmptywheel
1 day ago

Surprise! DOJ IG's 1,403 Day Old Section 215 Investigation Had a Baby!

A DOJ OIG investigation into FBI use of Section 215, NSLs, and pen registers has been ongoing since 2010 and remains unresolved after 1,403 days.
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago

The FBI spotted Ryan Wedding in 2024. Why wasn't he arrested? | CBC News

The FBI had managed to get eyes on Ryan James Wedding, a Canadian they suspected of running a violent cocaine-smuggling operation across South and North America. The episode at the coffee shop described by U.S. prosecutors in court documents summarizing their case against Wedding amounts to the only sighting that authorities have confirmed publicly, since Wedding first fled criminal charges in 2015.
Toronto
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fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago
New York City

Deeply troubling': Mamdani promises review of NYPD's role in immigration court observer surveillance | amNewYork

FBI and NYPD monitoring of a Signal courtwatch group for immigration courts, obtained via a sensitive source, prompted Zohran Mamdani to call for a review.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago
US politics

The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal

FBI accessed a private Signal group of immigrants' rights courtwatch volunteers in New York, quoted their messages, and labeled them as anarchist violent extremist actors.
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago
New York City

Deeply troubling': Mamdani promises review of NYPD's role in immigration court observer surveillance | amNewYork

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fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Lander, pols return to 26 Federal Plaza after arrest, rail against FBI and ICE signal chat spies | amNewYork

The FBI has infiltrated a signal chat used by court watchers simply to know what's on the docket in the cases in this building, to identify where ICE agents are, and while engaging in constitutionally protected non-violent legal activity, the FBI in a throwback to the days of J Edgar Hoover, is infiltrating and surveilling nonviolent, legal, constitutionally protected political activity, and I have to tell you: I am outraged by it,
New York City
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

You're Losing Credibility': JD Vance Brawls With George Stephanopoulos Over Tom Homan Bribery Scandal

Vice President JD Vance defended Border Czar Tom Homan, denied bribery, and criticized aggressive questioning over a reported $50,000 FBI-recorded cash payment.
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fromAxios
3 months ago

FBI shuts down corruption group, fires agents after they monitored GOP lawmakers

An FBI task force reportedly monitored communications of nine Republican lawmakers; CR-15 was dismantled amid claims federal law enforcement was weaponized.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Jack Smith Tracked Republican Senators' Communications, Claims FBI

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith allegedly tracked private phone communications of eight Republican senators and one representative following the 2020 certification events.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
7 months ago

Sinaloa drug cartel used hacker to track FBI official, then killed potential informants, audit says

A Mexican drug cartel utilized a hacker to gather sensitive information on an FBI official, leading to the targeting of informants in Mexico.
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