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mahatmakanejeeves

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16. DHS appears to have either accessed a Portland protest Telegram chat or evaluated patterns ...

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Sat Aug 1, 2020, 02:15 PM

Aug 2020

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⁩. DHS appears to have either accessed a Portland protest Telegram chat or evaluated patterns of Telegram communications, neither of which they should have been able to collect.

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Murphy told Congress that DHS did not collect protesters’s data. An internal DHS memo seems to contradict him.

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DHS official whose office compiled 'intelligence reports' on journalists and protesters has been rem [View all] reACTIONary Aug 2020 OP

Rearranging the deskchairs on the Trump SS. C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #1

I heard... Hong Kong Cavalier Aug 2020 #2

No emoji but... GemDigger Aug 2020 #4

Another "bad apple", "we didn't know" con in progress here folks. Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #3

Glad to see that it was acknowledged that collecting intelligence on reporters and Nitram Aug 2020 #5

They got caught lonely bird Aug 2020 #6

Drumpf doesn't like intelligence. Marcuse Aug 2020 #7

DFT doesn't have intelligence RainCaster Aug 2020 #9

He has likely been Scarsdale Aug 2020 #8

But, ... 40RatRod Aug 2020 #10

Kicked the incompetent monster upstairs, did they? PatrickforO Aug 2020 #11

Should have been fired and never hired again. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2020 #12

Lock him up!!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 #13

a new position elsewhere.. stillcool Aug 2020 #14

If Biden wins they are going to have to buy out the NoMoreRepugs Aug 2020 #15

and do directly to landfill riversedge Aug 2020 #19

DHS appears to have either accessed a Portland protest Telegram chat or evaluated patterns ... mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 #16

I'm so old, I remember when "removed from his job" meant kicked out of the organization. Efilroft Sul Aug 2020 #17

says Murphy intended to curry favor with the WH-changed description to "violent antifa anarchists.". riversedge Aug 2020 #18