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ICE Accused of Vast Surveillance of Left-Wing Activists
Original: ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History
WIRED reports that ICE's Homeland Security Investigations unit is conducting far-reaching spying on left-wing activists, an operation the outlet describes as one of the largest anti-left surveillance efforts in US history. The reporting compares the scale of the monitoring to the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements, prompting renewed debate over government monitoring of political activism.
Why now: The scale of the alleged domestic spying on political activists is being compared to historic surveillance campaigns, raising fresh civil liberties concerns.
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Evidence
- ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History · WIRED
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements.
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