Property of the People

Property of the People

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A nonprofit organization devoted to governmental transparency. The records of government are the property of the people. It's time we reclaim them. https://propertyofthepeople.org/

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BIG: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists for quietly sitting in on court cases, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

theguardian.comThe FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records revealExclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
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Law enforcement embraces AI’s enhanced policing capabilities while smearing as anti-technology extremists the millions of Americans w/ well-founded concerns re AI's risks, as revealed in intel docs we obtained/shared w/ @jmbooyah.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

theguardian.comTool and target: US law enforcement grapple with AI-enabled terrorism and anti-tech extremismFrom the FBI to local police departments, US authorities are increasingly warning of would-be terrorists using AI to plan attacks and anti-datacenter extremism
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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...

tagesspiegel.deDating-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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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...

nbcnews.comFBI warned immigration authorities about fake tradwife dating profilesAn 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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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...

theguardian.comFBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo revealsExclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details
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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...

theguardian.comFBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo revealsExclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details

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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

theguardian.comFBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo revealsExclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details
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Original story: bsky.app/profile/prop...

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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...

theguardian.comFBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo revealsExclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details
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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...

theguardian.comFBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo revealsExclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details
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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.comUS police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record themExclusive: 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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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...

usatoday.comA 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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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...

usatoday.comStates don't expect feds to reliably share election threats: ExclusiveState election officials say federal agencies are failing to provide security support needed for midterms.

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Local cops growing fearful of being mistaken for feds. City officials are trying to train citizens how to distinguish between them. Meanwhile, Minneapolis sees a "substantial increase" in residents refusing to answer the door for firefighters & other municipal workers. via @propertyofthepeople.org

theguardian.comPolice across the US worry officers are being misidentified as ICE, records showExclusive: Emails and internal memos reveal concerns immigration enforcement is interfering with police work

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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

theguardian.comPolice across the US worry officers are being misidentified as ICE, records showExclusive: Emails and internal memos reveal concerns immigration enforcement is interfering with police work
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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...

theguardian.comPolice across the US worry officers are being misidentified as ICE, records showExclusive: Emails and internal memos reveal concerns immigration enforcement is interfering with police work

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Be braced for more. @propertyofthepeople.org is where it’s at.

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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...

reuters.comExclusive: Intelligence report warned of Iran's 'persistent threat' to US as White House downplayed the riskThe 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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In the wake of rampant ICE abuse, ICE-tracking apps were developed to assist in community response to immigration enforcement. With @propertyofthepeople.org documents, we know ICE is investigating those apps and their use as domestic terrorism www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

newyorker.comICE-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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An ICE associate director claimed the Dallas shooter used ICE-tracking apps to target agents. But the attack was aimed at a government building with a known address. FOIA docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org show the FBI had no evidence of ICEBlock being used in any attack.

newyorker.comICE-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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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...

newyorker.comICE-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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Trump claimed TdA had “thousands” of members in the US. But internal CBP records show when officials couldn’t support that figure with evidence, they resorted to statistical sleight of hand to reach a number more in line with the president's claim, which was 30x higher than what CBP could prove.

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BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.

wired.comTrump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different StoryHundreds 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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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.comTrump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different StoryHundreds 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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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:

theguardian.comThe FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records revealExclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings

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“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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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

theguardian.comRevealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across USInternal 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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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.comRevealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across USInternal 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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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.comRevealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across USInternal 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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BIG: 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 / @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA

theguardian.comRevealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across USInternal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’