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Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones.

wired.comCBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and ColleaguesRecords obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones.

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Linda
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Just one more extremely creepy look at this group of socially repulsive, perverted, dysfunctional and violent sleazeballs released onto the streets of America.

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The records contain hundreds of allegations of misuse of law enforcement databases, including federal agents querying data to look up romantic interests, monitor family members, expose various personal information and provide intelligence to suspected smugglers or drug-trafficking organizations.

wired.comCBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and ColleaguesRecords obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones.
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Acquired through Freedom of Information Act requests to CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility and the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, the records reveal the breadth of alleged database abuse by CBP employees spanning more than a decade.

wired.comCBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and ColleaguesRecords obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones.
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The sheer range of these records, which date from 2009 through 2022, highlights how US residents can be—and have been—targeted by federal government employees with access to highly sensitive data and powerful tools.

wired.comCBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and ColleaguesRecords obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones.
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“Customs and Border Protection has a long history of impunity and abuse of people's civil and human rights,” says Laura Rivera, an attorney with Just Futures Law, a civil and immigration advocacy legal organization.

wired.comCBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and ColleaguesRecords obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones.
Noel Dickover
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OF COURSE they do. Corruption goes all the way down in authoritarian regimes. CBP is filled with Fascist cronies carrying out the corrupt orders of a Dictator Wannabe. Once the states are corrupted and the local districts, you're looking at decades to recover if ever.