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DHS is using a border exemption to download, store Americans’ data without warrants

A letter from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) says that U.S. border patrol agents download the phone data of Americans and store it on a central database that can be viewed for up to 15 years. The letter, addressed to Customs and Border Protection, a branch of the Department of Homeland Security, urges the department to …

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Nina Jankowicz, DHS disinformation head, resigns

The head of the newly created Disinformation Governance Board resigned on Wednesday after reports that the board was suspended. Nina Jankowicz was tapped to lead a Department of Homeland Security board last month, which was tasked with tackling disinformation from foreign countries aimed at the U.S., but resigned today after the Washington Post reported that …

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