Capture lane

Surveillance Infrastructure

The Surveillance Infrastructure capture lane traces 403 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

403 events From Sep 1, 1945 To Jun 17, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2025-08-25Flock Safety Admits Federal Immigration Agents Have Direct Access to Tracking Data, Pauses Pilot 3 src
Flock Safety · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2025-08-21EO 14338 Creates National Design Studio — ndstudio.gov Registered Same Morning Before Formal Signing (Pre-EO Infrastructure Positioning) 5 src
Donald Trump · Susie Wiles
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2025-08-20Gabbard Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Intelligence Officials Without Evidence 3 src
Tulsi Gabbard · Donald Trump · Intelligence Community
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2025-08-19Fired DOJ Antitrust Official Accuses Bondi Leadership of Corruption in $14B Merger 3 src
Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle
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2025-08-14DHS Centralizes Control of 300M-Profile Biometric Database Under CIO McCord; OBIM Moved From Independent Office to CIO Authority to Accelerate HART Delivery 1 src
Stephen Miller
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2025-08-11Vietnamese Farmers Displaced for Trump Golf Resort, Compensated $3,200 and Rice 3 src
Trump Organization
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2025-08-04DOJ Inspector General 'Lost' Whistleblower Complaint Against Trump Judicial Nominee for Three Months 3 src
Emil Bove · Department of Justice · Donald Trump
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2025-08-02Office of Special Counsel Opens Investigation into Jack Smith Following Senator Cotton Request 3 src
Jack Smith · Office of Special Counsel · Trump
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2025-08-01Columbia University Agrees to Monitor Foreign Students for Trump Administration in $221 Million Settlement 3 src
U.S. Department of Education · White House · Donald Trump
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2025-08-01Ghislaine Maxwell Transferred to Minimum-Security Texas Prison Camp After Meeting with DOJ Officials 3 src
Ghislaine Maxwell · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Bureau of Prisons · +1
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2025-08-01Sean Combs Associates Offer Mid-Six-Figure Payments to Trump Officials for Presidential Pardon 3 src
Sean Combs · Donald Trump · White House
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2025-08-01Trump Orders States to Hand Over Medicaid, Food Assistance, and Voter Roll Data for Federal Surveillance 3 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · USDA · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Government Efficiency · +1
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2025-08-01U.S. Army Awards Palantir $10 Billion AI-Driven Software Contract 3 src
U.S. Army · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Defense · Donald Trump
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2025-07-02CDC Deactivates H5N1 Emergency Response Despite Ongoing Outbreak 3 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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2025-07-02Joe Rogan Publicly Criticizes Trump's "Insane" ICE Raids, Says Feels "Betrayed" - Eight Months After Trump Endorsement 3 src
Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Bernie Sanders
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2025-06-26Anthropic Claude in Amazon Bedrock Cleared for FedRAMP High and DoD IL-4/5 in AWS GovCloud 2 src
Anthropic · Amazon Web Services · Department of Defense
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2025-06-17Wyden, Goldman, Velázquez Letter to Palantir CEO Karp Demands Answers on ICE Surveillance Tools 3 src
Ron Wyden · Alex Karp · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · +1
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2025-06-05Anduril Reaches $30+ Billion Valuation, Becoming Most Valuable Private Defense Startup in History 1 src
Anduril Industries · Palmer Luckey · Founders Fund · Peter Thiel
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2025-05-01100,000+ emails from Israeli Defense Minister Barak hacked, revealing Epstein partnership and global surveillance technology network 4 src
Ehud Barak · Jeffrey Epstein · Peter Thiel
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2025-05-01DOJ Sues Aetna, Humana, Elevance for Paying Illegal Medicare Advantage Kickbacks and Discriminating Against Disabled Beneficiaries 3 src
Department of Justice · CVS Health · Humana
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2025-05-01Texas Sheriff Uses Flock Safety's 83,000 Camera Network to Track Woman Who Had Abortion 4 src
Flock Safety · Electronic Frontier Foundation · Robert Garcia
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2025-04-25DOGE Building Master Immigration Enforcement Database with Palantir, Integrating IRS and Federal Agency Data 3 src
DOGE · Elon Musk · Palantir · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1
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2025-04-03In-Q-Tel Reaches 800th Investment Milestone, Expanding Into AI and Quantum Computing 3 src
In-Q-Tel · Central Intelligence Agency
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2025-03-27White House Establishes "The Arrests Will Continue. The Memes Will Continue" as Official Communications Doctrine 3 src
Kaelan Dorr · White House · Donald Trump
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2025-03-26Trump Nominates Anduril Senior Director Michael Obadal as Army Under Secretary; Plans to Retain $250K-$500K Anduril Stock 3 src
Donald Trump · Anduril Industries · Elizabeth Warren · U.S. Army · +1
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2025-03-25Trump Signs EO 'Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections' — Proof of Citizenship, Mail Ballot Restrictions 6 src
Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service · +3
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2025-02-25Axon Reports $2.1 Billion Revenue for 2024, Achieving Third Consecutive Year of 30%+ Growth Through Subscription Lock-In Model 3 src
Axon · Rick Smith
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2025-02-20Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That Resigns Amid Facial Recognition Controversies 3 src
Hoan Ton-That · Clearview AI · Trump Administration
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2025-02-13Clark Minor Appointed HHS CTO/CIO Directly From 12-Year Palantir Tenure — Palantir's Global Head of Cloud Becomes Top IT Official at the Department That Holds Medicaid Data 8 src
Clark Minor · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Department of Health and Human Services · Palantir Technologies · +1
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2025-02-11Anduril Takes Over Microsoft's $22 Billion Army IVAS Augmented Reality Headset Program 10 src
Anduril Industries · Microsoft · Palmer Luckey · U.S. Army · +1
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2025-01-29DHS S&T publishes updated PIA-044 for Cloud-Based Biometric Analytic Environment (CBAE) — documents DEBIASE R&D data flows on AWS GovCloud 3 src confirmed
2025-01-28OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Gov, Defining Federal AI Product Surface Eight Days into Trump-2 3 src
OpenAI · Sam Altman
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2025-01-07Donald Trump Jr. Makes Unofficial Visit to Greenland, Distributes MAGA Hats 2 src
Donald Trump Jr. · Donald Trump
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2024-12-06USDA Issues Federal Order Requiring Mandatory Raw Milk Testing for H5N1 3 src
USDA · Food and Drug Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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2024-10-21Institute for Justice Files Lawsuit Challenging Flock Safety Mass Surveillance as Unconstitutional 3 src
Institute for Justice · Flock Safety
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2024-10-20Eight Washington State Poultry Workers Infected with H5N1 During Depopulation Operations 3 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USDA
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2024-09-20FTC Sues Big Three PBMs for Artificially Inflating Insulin Prices Through Rebate Schemes 4 src
Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · CVS Caremark · Express Scripts · +4
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2024-09-19General Dynamics Virginia-Class Submarine Program Revealed to Be $17 Billion Over Budget with 2-3 Year Delays 3 src
General Dynamics · U.S. Navy
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2024-09-13State Department Exposes RT as Fully Integrated Russian Intelligence Operation with Embedded Cyber Capabilities 4 src
State Department · Antony Blinken · RT (Russia Today) · U.S. Treasury Department
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2024-09-04Justice Department Seizes 32 Russian Disinformation Domains Mimicking U.S. News Sites, Exposes Kremlin Operation Directed by Putin Aide 2 src
Department of Justice · Merrick Garland · Vladimir Putin
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2024-09-01Anduril Deploys 300th Autonomous Surveillance Tower at U.S.-Mexico Border 2 src
Anduril Industries · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Palmer Luckey
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2024-09-01Pennsylvania SCIPNet deploys Carbyne APEX across four counties, becoming first state NG911 system with $3.5 million contract 3 src
Carbyne
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2024-08-09Oracle Agrees to $115 Million Settlement Over Mass Surveillance Data Brokerage 3 src
Oracle
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2024-08-01Larry Ellison Buys $277 Million Florida Resort Near Mar-a-Lago, $450M Total Investment 3 src
Larry Ellison · Oracle · Donald Trump
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2024-07-23House Oversight Releases Damning PBM Report After 32-Month Investigation: Anticompetitive Policies Exposed 2 src
U.S. House Oversight Committee · James Comer · Express Scripts · CVS Caremark · +1
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2024-07-18DaVita Pays $34 Million to Settle Third Kickback Case in Decade, Revealing Systematic Fraud Business Model 3 src
DaVita · Department of Justice
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2024-07-09FTC Report Reveals PBM Oligopoly: Top 3 Control 80% of Market, Extract $7.3 Billion Through Markups 3 src
Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · CVS Caremark · Express Scripts · +1
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2024-06-01Flock Safety Network Expands to 5,000+ Police Departments Performing 20 Billion Monthly Vehicle Scans 3 src
Flock Safety · Garrett Langley · American Civil Liberties Union · Electronic Frontier Foundation
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2024-04-23Axon Releases Draft One AI System to Automate Police Report Writing from Body Camera Audio 5 src
Axon · OpenAI · Microsoft · Electronic Frontier Foundation
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2024-02-15Chicago Terminates ShotSpotter Contract After Years of Criticism 3 src
ShotSpotter · Chicago Police Department
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2024-01-26Jury Awards E. Jean Carroll $83.3 Million in Second Defamation Trial Against Trump 4 src
E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump · Lewis Kaplan
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2024-01-24Ring ends 'Request for Assistance' feature allowing police to request user footage 3 src
Ring · Amazon
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2023-11-06Trump Takes Stand in NY Fraud Trial, Delivers Combative Testimony Calling Case "Witch Hunt" 4 src
Donald Trump · Arthur Engoron · Letitia James · Trump Organization · +1
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2023-10-09Dataminr Provides LAPD Real-Time Surveillance of Gaza War Protests, Expanding First Amendment Monitoring 2 src
Dataminr · LAPD
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2023-10-05Metro Emergency Communications deploys Carbyne AI-powered 911 system in Provo, Orem, and Lindon, Utah 3 src
Carbyne
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2023-08-25DHS S&T Awards SAIC $59.2M DEBIASE Contract — Largest R&D Award in Leaked Dataset Funds Biometric Scaling from Airports to Land/Sea Ports 8 src
DHS Science and Technology Directorate
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2023-07-01US Adds Intellexa and Cytrox to Entity List for Cyber Exploit Trafficking 5 src
U.S. Commerce Department · Bureau of Industry and Security · U.S. Treasury Department
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2023-06-15AT&T partners with Carbyne as authorized reseller, integrating Israeli surveillance tech into national telecom infrastructure 3 src
AT&T · Carbyne · Ehud Barak
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2023-06-14Commerce Department Designates Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group as National Security Threat for PLA Support—Five Years After Carbyne Co-Founder Worked There 3 src
Bureau of Industry and Security · Frontier Services Group · Erik Prince · CITIC Group · +3
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2023-05-09Jury Finds Trump Liable for Sexual Abuse and Defamation of E. Jean Carroll, Awards $5 Million 4 src
E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump · Lewis Kaplan
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2023-04-22Palantir Partners with Ukraine Prosecutor to Process War Crimes Evidence Using AI 3 src
Palantir Technologies
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2023-01-13Anonymous Whistleblower Leaks 1.7 TB of Cellebrite Data Including Full Software Suite 3 src
Cellebrite · Anonymous
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2023-01-01CNP Members Lead Project 2025 Coalition Organizations - Coordination Infrastructure for Trump Return 2 src
Council for National Policy · Heritage Foundation · Edwin Meese III · Cleta Mitchell · +1
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2023-01-01SpaceX Wins $1.8 Billion Classified NRO Contract for Hundreds of Spy Satellites 2 src
SpaceX · Elon Musk · National Reconnaissance Office · Pentagon
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2022-12-15Trump Launches Massive NFT Collection Generating .4 Million in Initial Sales 4 src
Donald Trump
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2022-11-25FCC bans Huawei and ZTE as national security threats while Carbyne operates unchecked 4 src
Federal Communications Commission · Huawei · Brendan Carr · U.S. Congress · +1
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2022-11-22Trump Hosts White Nationalist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago Dinner 3 src
Donald Trump · Nick Fuentes
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2022-11-10New York Adult Survivors Act Creates Window for Carroll to Sue Trump for Battery 4 src
E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump · Kathy Hochul
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2022-10-19France Fines Clearview AI €20 Million for GDPR Violations and Unlawful Biometric Surveillance 3 src
Clearview AI · France
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2022-08-19Oracle Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over "Surveillance Machine" Tracking 5 Billion People 3 src
Oracle
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2022-07-13Ring admits providing police with warrantless access to user footage 11 times in 2022 3 src
Ring · Amazon · Ed Markey
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2022-06-14FTC Blocks JAB Consumer Partners Veterinary Clinic Roll-Up: Private Equity Monopolization Strategy 3 src
Federal Trade Commission
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2022-05-25NRO Awards Largest-Ever Commercial Imagery Contracts: $1B to BlackSky, $3.2B to Maxar, Plus Planet 4 src
National Reconnaissance Office · BlackSky Technology · U.S. Intelligence Community
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2022-05-24UK Fines Clearview AI £7.5 Million for Breaching Data Protection Laws 3 src
Clearview AI · United Kingdom
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2022-03-01Clearview AI Deploys Mass Facial Recognition Technology in Ukraine War 3 src
Clearview AI · Ukraine Ministry of Defence · Hoan Ton-That
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2022-02-15Pentagon Authorizes Oracle Cloud for Top Secret and Special Access Program Missions 3 src
Oracle · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Air Force
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2022-02-14Rio Grande Council of Governments, Texas launches first i3-compliant cloud-native 911 system with Carbyne 3 src
Carbyne
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2022-02-01Flock Safety Reaches $3.5 Billion Valuation with 1,000+ Police Departments Using Surveillance Network 3 src
Flock Safety · Andreessen Horowitz · Garrett Langley
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2022-01-21Raytheon-Manufactured Bomb Kills 80 at Yemen Detention Center in Worst Attack in Three Years 3 src
Raytheon · Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Amnesty International · +3
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2022-01-18NY Attorney General James Files Motion Revealing Evidence of Trump Organization Fraud 4 src
Letitia James · Donald Trump · Ivanka Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · +3
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2022-01-13Judge Dismisses All Flint Criminal Charges on Technicality—Zero Accountability After Poisoning Thousands 4 src
Rick Snyder
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2022-01-13Navient Settles for $1.85 Billion Over Student Loan Servicing Fraud - Steered Borrowers Into Costly Forbearances 3 src
Letitia James
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2021-12-16Melania Trump Launches NFT Platform with "Melania's Vision" Collection 4 src
Melania Trump
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2021-12-13USA Gymnastics Emerges from Bankruptcy with $380 Million Settlement for 500+ Nassar Survivors 5 src
USA Gymnastics · Aly Raisman
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2021-11-23Apple Sues NSO Group Over FORCEDENTRY Exploit and Pegasus Spyware Targeting 3 src
Apple · NSO Group · Citizen Lab
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2021-08-15ShotSpotter Accuracy Crisis - Chicago Inspector General Report and Williams Case 3 src
ShotSpotter · Chicago Police Department
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2021-07-27Daniel Hale Sentenced to 45 Months for Exposing Drone War Crimes 3 src
National Security Agency · The Intercept · Department of Justice · Biden Administration
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2021-07-18Pegasus Project Exposes Global Surveillance of 50,000 Targets by NSO Group Clients 3 src
Amnesty International · Citizen Lab · The Guardian · Washington Post · +1
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2021-07-01Twitter Permanently Suspends Nick Fuentes, Completing Major Platform Deplatforming 3 src
Nick Fuentes
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2021-04-06Stephen Miller Founds America First Legal to Challenge Biden Administration and Advance White Nationalist Agenda 3 src
Stephen Miller · Mark Meadows
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2021-03-18Cellebrite Halts Sales to Russia and Belarus After Human Rights Abuse Revelations 3 src
Cellebrite
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2021-02-15Republican State Parties Censure Senators Who Voted to Convict Trump 4 src
Bill Cassidy · Richard Burr · Pat Toomey · Lisa Murkowski
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2021-02-13Senate Acquits Trump 57-43 Despite Bipartisan Majority Finding Him Guilty 4 src
Donald Trump · Mitt Romney · Richard Burr · Bill Cassidy · +3
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2021-02-13Senate Votes 55-45 to Call Witnesses, Then Reverses After McConnell Threatens Delay 3 src
Kevin McCarthy · Donald Trump · Jamie Raskin · Mitch McConnell
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2021-02-10Impeachment Managers Present Devastating 13-Minute Video Compilation of January 6 Attack 4 src
Jamie Raskin · Mitt Romney · Chuck Schumer
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2021-02-05Robinhood DTCC Collateral Waiver Revealed in GameStop Short Squeeze Fallout 3 src confirmed
2021-02-04Biden Administration Pauses $760 Million Raytheon and Boeing Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Over Yemen 4 src
Joe Biden · Raytheon · Boeing · Saudi Arabia · +1
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2021-02-03Canadian Privacy Commissioners Declare Clearview AI Represents "Mass Surveillance" of Citizens 2 src
Clearview AI
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2021-01-25Pelosi Transmits Impeachment Article to Senate After Biden Inauguration 4 src
Nancy Pelosi · Jamie Raskin · Chuck Schumer · Mitch McConnell
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2021-01-15PredPol Rebrands as Geolitica Amid Mounting Criticism of Racial Bias 3 src
PredPol
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