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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Elderberry on March 09, 2023, 02:36:40 am
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American Military News by Justin Cooper March 08, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security has for years been targeting Americans with a nearly unknown domestic intelligence program while employees feared the consequences of bringing up legal concerns.
A cache of internal documents reported by Politico revealed that the program empowers officials to seek interviews with nearly anyone in the country, as well as bypass lawyers to talk with incarcerated people or those held in immigration detention centers, raising concerns for their civil liberties.
The program is called the Overt Human Intelligence Collection Program and run by DHS’ Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A). Its official purpose is to collect information about transnational drug trafficking, organized crime, and other threats to the country, Politico reported.
An anonymous source familiar with the program told Politico that prior to interviewing prisoners at local jails and federal prisons, the program does not require officials to contact their lawyers first, which would otherwise be standard practice.
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