ICE's sociopathic tactics makes it easier for criminals to pose as ICE agents - obviously. Great article that's not paywalled because of @wired.com's commitment to making FOIA-based reporting free (and great work by @propertyofthepeople.org).

Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: FBI warns that ICE impersonators are harming ICE's image in immigrant communities, quietly urges ICE agents to identify themselves, as revealed in an intel doc we obtained and shared w/ @dell.bsky.social / @wired.com www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

thanks to @propertyofthepeople.org for obtaining and sharing key docs for this story.

NEW: FBI warns that ICE impersonators are harming ICE's image in immigrant communities, quietly urges ICE agents to identify themselves, as revealed in an intelligence document we obtained and shared w/ @dell.bsky.social / @carolinehaskins.bsky.social / @wired.com #FOIA www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

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Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: Law enforcement spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats, bolstering Trump's mass deportation frenzy, as revealed in intel documents we obtained and shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: police depts across the US spread a false story that Venezuelan gang members were planning to kill officers. Records obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org and shared with @theguardian.com, reveal that the FBI quietly acknowledged a widely shared rumor about Tren de Aragua was false.

BIG: Federal and local law enforcement agencies spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats, bolstering Trump's mass deportation frenzy, as revealed in new intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Our executive director @rshapiro.bsky.social discussing our latest: Law enforcement surveillance technologies used against No Kings protesters, as detailed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @gizmodo.com. #FOIA gizmodo.com/no-kings-pro...

Law enforcement surveillance technologies used against No Kings protesters, as detailed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @gizmodo.com. #FOIA

In a very precedented turn of events, and following my short thread yesterday on the end of universality of rights, @propertyofthepeople.org obtained new documents related to the surveillance of #NoKings activists. Step up the opsec. www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...

Our executive director @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: Law enforcement surveillance technologies used against No Kings protesters, as detailed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @raphae.li / @ajvicens.bsky.social / @reuters.com. #FOIA www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...

Intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @raphae.li / @ajvicens.bsky.social / @reuters.com contributed to this piece on surveillance technologies used against No Kings protesters. #FOIA

‪ Our executive director @rshapiro.bsky.social discussing our latest: US intelligence and law enforcement agencies have removed the "T" from "LGBT," as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared w/ @kenklippenstein.bsky.social. #FOIA www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-disap...

Fed and state law enforcement were already aware of Discord as a site of youth violent radicalization, well before C Kirk's alleged killer used it to discuss the shooting, as revealed in intel docs we obtained & shared w/ @kevincollier.bsky.social / @nbcnews.com. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

Shoutout to @propertyofthepeople.org & @rshapiro.bsky.social for their invaluable FOIA backup on this story. Give them a follow!

U.S. intelligence has removed "T" from "LGBT" in their reports - including those intended to warn of threats to the community. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-disap...

US intelligence and law enforcement agencies have removed the "T" from "LGBT," as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared w/ @kenklippenstein.bsky.social. #FOIA www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-disap...

Fed and state law enforcement were already aware of Discord as a site of youth violent radicalization, well before C. Kirk's alleged killer used it to discuss the shooting, as revealed in intel docs we obtained & shared w/ @kevincollier.bsky.social @nbcnews.com. #FOIA www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

Law enforcement training documents we obtained and shared with @kenklippenstein.bsky.social contributed to this big new piece on Trump and the FBI's coming war on transgender people. #FOIA www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...

Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: Law enforcement claims certain *emojis* could signal Tren de Aragua membership, leading to deportations, as revealed in intelligence docs we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The law enforcement briefings + counterterrorism training materials were obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org / @rshapiro.bsky.social and shared with @us.theguardian.com. Experts say US officials’ claims linking emojis to the Venezuelan gang are “ludicrous,” “baseless,” “uneducated” + “absurd”

Law enforcement training documents we obtained and shared with @kenklippenstein.bsky.social contributed to this big new piece on Trump and the FBI's coming war on transgender people. #FOIA www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...

"The emoji claims, repeated by the New York police department (NYPD), were made in four reports disseminated among law enforcement in 2024 and 2025 and obtained through records requests by @propertyofthepeople.org, a government transparency non-profit." nice work @rshapiro.bsky.social

US law enforcement officials have claimed the use of certain emojis could signal affiliation with Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Venezuelan gang, according to internal records reviewed by the Guardian and obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org, a government transparency non-profit.

NEW: US law enforcement have claimed the use of certain *emojis* could signal affiliation with the Tren de Aragua gang, records reveal. The "ludicrous" claims, like assertions about tattoos, could further fuel false gang labels + deportations. W/ @propertyofthepeople.org emoji docs excerpted here ⬇️

BIG: US law enforcement claims certain *emojis* could signal Tren de Aragua gang membership, leading to deportations, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained & shared with @samtlevin.bsky.social / @maanvisingh.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Our work contributed to this piece on Charlie Kirk's alleged shooter, including a document we obtained revealing earlier FBI concerns regarding the possibility of political violence at a Kirk speaking event. #FOIA @dell.bsky.social / @wired.com www.wired.com/story/charli...

Our work contributed to this piece on Charlie Kirk's alleged shooter, including a document we obtained revealing earlier FBI concerns regarding the possibility of political violence at a Kirk speaking event. #FOIA @dell.bsky.social @wired.com www.wired.com/story/charli...

Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social discussing our latest: LA anti-ICE protests spurred US military to identify "hotels to avoid" due to "harassment," as revealed in an intelligence document we obtained and shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

When ICE + Border Patrol agents were spotted at hotels across LA region, communities organized sustained rallies that forced them out + pressured hotels to take action. Intelligence records obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared with @theguardian.com show how the US military responded:

Our latest: LA anti-ICE protests spurred US military to identify "hotels to avoid" due to "harassment," as revealed in an intelligence document we obtained and shared with @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA

Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social re: ‪Four National Guard armories breached in previously undisclosed incidents, sensitive military equipment taken, evidence points to inside job, as revealed in new intel doc we obtained and shared w/ @dell.bsky.social / @wired.com. www.wired.com/story/myster...

Our executive director @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: ‪FBI significantly increasing size of terrorist watch list, including addition of supposed gang members, family members, and associates, as revealed in new intel docs we obtained and shared w/ @reuters.com. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

FBI significantly increasing size of terrorist watch list, including addition of supposed gang members, family members, and associates, as revealed in new intel docs we obtained and shared w/ @reuters.com. #FOIA

NEW: Four National Guard armories were breached weeks apart in incidents previously undisclosed, with evidence pointing toward a possible inside job. Sensitive equipment was taken. We learned FBI took point, but it declined to confirm its involvement. By me w/ records via @propertyofthepeople.org

Four National Guard armories were breached in previously undisclosed incidents, sensitive military equipment taken with evidence pointing toward an inside job, as revealed in a new intel document we obtained and shared w/ @dell.bsky.social / @wired.com. #FOIA www.wired.com/story/myster...

Rather than call them what they truly are, the Trump administration has designated an assortment of violent neo-Nazi and incel groups as "nihilist extremists," as revealed in new intel documents we obtained and shared w/ @kenklippenstein.bsky.social. #FOIA www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-agen...

Shoutout to @propertyofthepeople.org for liberating these documents, follow them for more FOIA scoops

US National Guard hacked by elite Chinese cyberspy group, as revealed in DHS intel doc we obtained and shared w/ @scrippsnews.bsky.social. #FOIA

An elite Chinese cyberspy group hacked at least one state’s National Guard network for nearly a year, the Department of Defense finds. The report was provided through the national security transparency nonprofit Property of the People.

Ty to @propertyofthepeople.org, whose FOIA work brought this to light.

New: The same elite Chinese hackers that broke into AT&T and Verizon to spy on government leaders' calls also severely compromised the National Guard in at least one state for most of last year, and potentially could have used that access to pivot to other states, Guard networks, fusion centers.

US National Guard hacked by elite Chinese cyberspy group, as revealed in DHS intel doc we obtained and shared w/ @reuters.com. #FOIA www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

New: US National Guard hacked by elite Chinese hackers, as revealed in DHS intel doc we obtained and shared w/ @kevincollier.bsky.social / @nbcnews.com. #FOIA www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: DHS tells police to think of anti-ICE protesters as "an adversary" & everyday activities like skateboarding or livestreaming as threats to law enforcement, as shown in intel docs we shared w/ @dell.bsky.social @wired.com www.wired.com/story/dhs-te...

New: DHS tells police to brace for the anti-ICE movement to grow much bigger in threat bulletins last month that lists ordinary behavior, like riding a skateboard or livestreaming, as threatening to law enforcement. By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:

NEW: DHS tells police to think of anti-ICE protesters as "an adversary" and treat everyday activities, such as riding a skateboard or livestreaming, as threats to law enforcement, as revealed in new intel docs we obtained & shared w/ @dell.bsky.social / @wired.com #FOIA www.wired.com/story/dhs-te...

Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social discussing our latest: US Army and state intelligence centers are targeting civilian-made online ICE raid maps as security threats, as revealed in new intel docs we obtained & shared w/ @dell.bsky.social @dmehro.bsky.social @wired.com. www.wired.com/story/no-kin...

"Transparency is not terrorism, and the real security threat is militarized secret police invading our communities and abducting our neighbors," Ryan Shapiro, executive director of Property of the People, tells WIRED. Full story, unpaywalled: