| 2018-07-26 | ACLU test reveals Amazon Rekognition misidentified 28 Congress members as criminals, showing racial bias
4 src American Civil Liberties Union · Amazon · AWS · John Lewis |
| confirmed |
| 2018-07-01 | IRS Launches Virtual Currency Compliance Campaign Using Chainalysis
2 src Internal Revenue Service · Chainalysis |
| confirmed |
| 2018-06-15 | Amazon aggressively pitches Rekognition facial recognition to ICE during family separation crisis
4 src Amazon · AWS · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-05-08 | Ring launches Neighbors app creating crowdsourced surveillance network
3 src Ring · Amazon |
| confirmed |
| 2018-05-04 | Axon Acquires Main Competitor VieVu, Consolidating 80% Control of Police Body Camera Market
3 src Axon · NYPD |
| confirmed |
| 2018-03-01 | TRM Labs Founded to Provide Blockchain Intelligence to Governments and Financial Institutions
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2018-02-27 | Amazon acquires Ring for over $1 billion, creating foundation for private surveillance network
3 src Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Ring |
| confirmed |
| 2018-01-01 | Grayshift Secures Major Contracts with ICE, DEA, and FBI for GrayKey Technology
3 src Grayshift · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Drug Enforcement Administration · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-08-01 | Flock Safety Founded to Deploy Automated License Plate Surveillance in Neighborhoods
3 src Garrett Langley · Flock Safety | | confirmed |
| 2017-06-16 | Anduril Industries Founded by Palmer Luckey and Former Palantir Executives
2 src Palmer Luckey · Peter Thiel · Trae Stephens · Founders Fund · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-04-07 | Taser International Rebrands as Axon, Offers Free Body Cameras to Every US Police Officer in Aggressive Market Expansion
3 src Axon · Rick Smith |
| confirmed |
| 2017-01-01 | Hacker Steals 900 GB of Data from Cellebrite, Exposing Customer Information and Technical Details
3 src Cellebrite |
| confirmed |
| 2016-11-30 | Amazon launches Rekognition facial recognition service, targeting law enforcement
3 src Amazon · AWS · Andy Jassy |
| confirmed |
| 2016-10-11 | ACLU Exposes Geofeedia's Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protests Through Social Media Platforms
3 src American Civil Liberties Union · Twitter · Facebook · Instagram |
| confirmed |
| 2016-05-09 | Twitter Blocks Intelligence Agencies from Using Dataminr for Social Media Surveillance
3 src Twitter · Dataminr · Central Intelligence Agency · In-Q-Tel |
| confirmed |
| 2016-03-01 | FBI Works with Cellebrite to Crack San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone After Apple Refuses
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Cellebrite · Apple |
| confirmed |
| 2016-01-01 | Grayshift Founded in Atlanta to Develop GrayKey iPhone Unlocking Technology
3 src Grayshift |
| confirmed |
| 2015-09-01 | Chainalysis Secures First Federal Contract with FBI for $9,000
2 src Chainalysis · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service |
| confirmed |
| 2015-08-01 | ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection System Expands to Major U.S. Cities
3 src ShotSpotter · NYPD |
| confirmed |
| 2015-02-01 | PredPol Predictive Policing Software Adopted by 60 U.S. Police Departments
3 src PredPol |
| confirmed |
| 2014-10-01 | Chainalysis Founded to Provide Blockchain Forensics to Governments and Banks
3 src Chainalysis |
| confirmed |
| 2014-06-25 | Supreme Court Rules Warrantless Cell Phone Searches Unconstitutional in Riley v. California
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts |
| confirmed |
| 2014-02-24 | Oracle Acquires BlueKai Data Broker for $400 Million, Expands Surveillance Operations
3 src Oracle · Larry Ellison |
| confirmed |
| 2013-08-01 | Chicago Police Launch Strategic Subject List "Heat List" Predictive Policing Program
3 src Chicago Police Department |
| confirmed |
| 2013-06-21 | Obama Prosecutes 8 Whistleblowers Under Espionage Act, More Than All Presidents
3 src Barack Obama · Eric Holder · Edward Snowden · Chelsea Manning · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2013-06-01 | Elliptic Founded as First Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Firm
2 src |
| confirmed |
| 2012-06-01 | New Orleans Police Launch Secret Palantir Predictive Policing Program
3 src Palantir Technologies · Peter Thiel |
| confirmed |
| 2012-02-27 | WikiLeaks Publishes 5 Million Stratfor Emails Revealing Private Intelligence Firm's Surveillance of Activists and Corporate Espionage
4 src WikiLeaks · Julian Assange · Anonymous · Lockheed Martin · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2012-01-15 | PredPol Predictive Policing Company Founded
2 src |
| confirmed |
| 2012-01-01 | Amazon Implements Automated Worker Surveillance and Tracking System
3 src Jeff Bezos · Amazon |
| confirmed |
| 2011-09-01 | FBI Surveils Occupy Wall Street as "Terrorist Threat" Before First Protest
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2011-09-01 | LAPD Launches Operation LASER Predictive Policing Program with Palantir
3 src LAPD · Palantir Technologies · Peter Thiel |
| confirmed |
| 2011-01-01 | Geofeedia Founded to Enable Location-Based Social Media Surveillance
3 src In-Q-Tel |
| confirmed |
| 2010-09-24 | FBI Raids Anti-War Activists' Homes in Coordinated Nationwide Operation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2010-07-19 | Washington Post Publishes "Top Secret America," Revealing 1,931 Private Companies in Intelligence Work and Massive Revolving Door
4 src Washington Post · Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
| confirmed |
| 2010-04-08 | Thomas Drake Indicted Under Espionage Act for NSA Whistleblowing
3 src Thomas Drake · National Security Agency · Obama Administration · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2010-01-01 | Chertoff Promotes Airport Body Scanners on Media While His Firm Represents Manufacturer Rapiscan
4 src Michael Chertoff · The Chertoff Group · Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2009-01-01 | Dataminr Founded to Provide Real-Time Social Media Surveillance, Later Backed by CIA Venture Capital
3 src In-Q-Tel · Twitter |
| confirmed |
| 2008-08-29 | Bush Privatizes 70% of Intelligence Budget to Contractors
3 src Bush Administration · Booz Allen Hamilton · SAIC · National Security Agency · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2008-03-20 | Sprint Nextel GPS Location Data Sharing with Law Enforcement
4 src National Security Agency · Bush Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2007-08-01 | Verizon's Deep Involvement in NSA Surveillance Programs
3 src Bush Administration · National Security Agency · Verizon Communications |
| confirmed |
| 2007-01-01 | Cellebrite Launches Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) for Law Enforcement
3 src Cellebrite |
| confirmed |
| 2006-03-01 | FBI Infiltrates Orange County Mosques with Informant in Dragnet Surveillance
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2006-01-29 | NSA Cancels Trailblazer Program After SAIC Wastes Over $1 Billion on Failed Surveillance System
3 src National Security Agency · Michael Hayden |
| confirmed |
| 2005-12-16 | New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program
5 src James Risen · New York Times · George W. Bush · National Security Agency |
| confirmed |
| 2004-03-10 | Hospital Confrontation Over NSA Surveillance Program
6 src John Ashcroft · James Comey · Alberto Gonzales · Robert Mueller |
| confirmed |
| 2004-02-01 | Accenture Awarded Competitive DHS US-VISIT Contract
4 src Accenture · U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2003-09-24 | Congress Officially Defunds Total Information Awareness Program
3 src U.S. Congress · United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · George W. Bush · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2003-08-29 | John Poindexter Resigns from DARPA After TIA Scandal, Surveillance Architect Exits to Private Sector
3 src John Poindexter · DARPA · Information Awareness Office · SAIC |
| confirmed |
| 2003-06-15 | NSA Awards AT&T $500 Million Multi-Year Surveillance Infrastructure Contract
3 src George W. Bush · Michael Hayden |
| confirmed |
| 2002-11-09 | New York Times Exposes Total Information Awareness Surveillance Program, Sparking Public Outcry
3 src New York Times · DARPA · John Poindexter · Information Awareness Office |
| confirmed |
| 2002-08-02 | Poindexter Announces DARPA Total Information Awareness Program
3 src John Poindexter · DARPA · Information Awareness Office |
| confirmed |
| 2001-10-26 | Bush Signs PATRIOT Act After 45-Day Rush with Minimal Debate
3 src George W. Bush · Tom Daschle |
| confirmed |
| 2001-10-04 | Bush Authorizes NSA Stellar Wind Program Bypassing FISA Court
4 src George W. Bush · Michael Hayden · National Security Agency · Dick Cheney · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2001-09-21 | AT&T Establishes Mass Internet Surveillance Infrastructure for NSA
3 src National Security Agency · Bush Administration |
| confirmed |
| 1999-01-01 | Cellebrite Founded in Israel to Develop Mobile Phone Data Transfer Technology
3 src Cellebrite |
| reported |
| 1996-01-01 | George Friedman Founds Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor), the "Shadow CIA" of Private Geopolitical Intelligence
4 src |
| confirmed |
| 1978-10-25 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as Executive-Power Bargain: Statutory Authorization in Exchange for Court Review Becomes Template
3 src Jimmy Carter · Edward Kennedy · Frank Church · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1977-01-01 | Oracle Corporation Founded to Build CIA Database, Named After CIA Project
3 src Larry Ellison · Central Intelligence Agency · Oracle |
| confirmed |
| 1975-04-26 | Church Committee Exposes Systemic Intelligence Agency Abuses
3 src Frank Church · Central Intelligence Agency · National Security Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 1973-07-16 | Alexander Butterfield Reveals Nixon White House Secret Taping System in Bombshell Testimony
3 src Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · Senate Watergate Committee | | confirmed |
| 1971-03-08 | COINTELPRO Exposed - FBI's Secret War on Civil Rights and Dissent Revealed
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · J. Edgar Hoover · Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI |
| confirmed |
| 1967-08-25 | FBI COINTELPRO Launches Black Nationalist Hate Groups Program Targeting Civil Rights Leaders
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr. · Black Panther Party · +1 | | confirmed |
| 1966-10-15 | Black Panther Party Formation in Oakland Triggers Immediate FBI COINTELPRO Surveillance and State Repression
4 src California State Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 1963-10-10 | Attorney General Robert Kennedy Authorizes FBI Wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr.
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Martin Luther King Jr. · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 1956-08-28 | FBI Director Hoover Launches COINTELPRO to Target Communist Party and Domestic Dissent
6 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Communist Party USA |
| confirmed |
| 1947-03-21 | Executive Order 9835 Establishes Federal Loyalty Program - 5 Million Screened, Guilt Presumed
4 src Harry S. Truman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · House Un-American Activities Committee |
| confirmed |
| 1917-04-20 | Justice Department Authorizes American Protective League, 250,000-Member Vigilante Surveillance Network
3 src Bureau of Investigation · Woodrow Wilson |
| confirmed |
| 1892-01-01 | Pinkerton Detective Agency Operates as Private Corporate Army Against Unions
3 src Pinkerton National Detective Agency · Allan Pinkerton · Corporate employers · Labor unions |
| confirmed |