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During the protests over Freddie Gray's death while in Baltimore police custody DHS monitored Twitter and other social media platforms for "intelligence" about the protests and the protesters, according to documents I obtained via #FOIA

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Other docs I obtained from DHS via #FOIA related to the Freddie Gray protests showed the agency monitored the Twitter account of prominent civil rights activist @deray referring to him as a "professional protester" who is "known to law enforcement"

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I also obtained docs that revealed DHS sent 400 federal agents to Baltimore during the Freddie Gray protests because DHS was worried protestors would vandalize a facility that housed liquid natural gas containers and "cause a catastrophic incident."

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The presence of the Federal Protective Service, DHS's police force, during the Freddie Gray Protests was named "FPS Operation Straw Temple."

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The documents I obtained via #FOIA from DHS also showed the agency monitored solidarity protests around the country, combing Facebook and Twitter for intelligence about the planned protests.

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During the protests in Ferguson over Michael Brown's shooting death by a white police officer, DHS Planned to 'plug' federal officers Into the Ferguson protests to conduct surveillance & collect intel, according to docs I obtained via #FOIA

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SCOOP w/@a_cormier_: DOJ granted DEA the authority to conduct "covert surveillance" & collect intel on people participating in protests over George Floyd's death. We obtained the DEA memo written by Timothy Shea, DEA acting administrator & ex-US atty
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DEA was granted the authority on Sunday for the next two weeks on a nationwide basis to “intervene” to “protect both participants and spectators in the protests,” and to conduct interviews and searches, and arrest protesters who are alleged to have violated federal law.
From the DEA memo I obtained requesting authority from DOJ to conduct "covert surveillance" on protestors. (Document embedded in the story)
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NEW: NOAA just released another batch of internal emails related to Hurricane Dorian and #sharpiegate in response to my and other #FOIA requests.
Link to the NOAA #sharpiegate emails. noaa.gov/foia/reading-r…
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He doesn't care. At all. This has been obvious since before his inauguration. And underscored by his handling and lack of response to the 100K+ deaths from the Covid19 pandemic. We need to stop expecting he will suddenly change.
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