Source: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates Thr
Source: NBC San Diego
Documents obtained by NBC 7 Investigates show the U.S. government created a secret database of activists, journalists, and social media influencers tied to the migrant caravan and in some cases, placed alerts on their passports.
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Now, documents leaked to NBC 7 Investigates show their fears werent baseless. In fact, their own government had listed their names in a secret database of targets, where agents collected information on them. Some had alerts placed on their passports, keeping at least three photojournalists and an attorney from entering Mexico to work.
Read more: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/investigations/Source-Leaked-Documents-Show-the-US-Government-Tracking-Journalists-and-Advocates-Through-a-Secret-Database-506783231.html
This. Is. Not. America.
Here is a link to just the leaked documents: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/multimedia/PHOTOS-Leaked-Documents-to-NBC-7-Investigates-506782041.html
-JB
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)It was a good run.
GReedDiamond
(5,316 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,631 posts)Before the Nightmare, our government would have ever put alerts of journalists passports.
My god.
Thank you, Ms. Baloney.
Joanie Baloney
(1,357 posts)When I saw their joint "logo", a chill ran down my spine. It looks like an old style eastern European agency tasked with "questioning" the citizenry.
Emblazoned on it are the American and Mexican flags, with a banner that reads: "ILU-OASSIS-OMEGA." An official at the Department of Homeland Security said the seal indicates that the documents are a product of the International Liaison Unit (ILU), which coordinates intelligence between Mexico and the United States.
Creepy
-JB
yerop
(89 posts)who also regularly go to Mexico and film at caravan incidents.
https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2019/feb/27/stringers-immigrant-shelter-near-imperial-beach/
Joanie Baloney
(1,357 posts)Great story by the Reader, although I almost heaved reading the comments. Who woke these people up?
Jeeze.
-JB
(And, welcome to DU!)
yerop
(89 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,621 posts)Wow. Big scoop by @nbcsandiego: The Trump administration created a "secret database of activists, journalists, and social media influencers tied to the migrant caravan and in some cases, placed alerts on their passports."
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