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Internal memo from head of DHS I&A formally changing the blame for Portland violence from "Violent Opportunists" (VO) to Antifa.
Glossary:
FIR=field intelligence report
OSIR=open source intelligence report
Understand this document as responsive to POTUS pressure to "designate" Antifa as a terrorist organization.
And to Brian Murphy: I have read, and I acknowledge receipt.
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Here are four questions congressional intelligence committees should be asking regarding DHS intelligence operations vis a vis protestors:
(1) DHS I&A has a data exploitation team that can get all kinds of material off phones. It's normally used to assist with watchlisting. Is it being used to get material off of phones of those arrested in Portland?
(2) Is DHS I&A exploiting commercially available data about protestors from data brokers who collect such material routinely?
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After a quick scan of the DC Circuit opinion on the Flynn case, three quick thoughts:
(1) I am confident the majority view on this panel does not represent the majority view on the DC Circuit, which greatly disfavors granting mandamus relief.
(2) I am not confident, however, that the full Court will hear the matter (though it certainly may), as the DC Circuit also greatly disfavors en banc review.
(3) I do expect Judge Sullivan to put the matter quickly before the full court, as he has little reason not to and his ability to manage his case is being challenged here by the defendant, the Justice Department, and the panel majority.
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This is both completely obvious and completely shocking.
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