Docs Show ICE Agents Were Trained on Law and Deescalation. They’ve Ignored It.
Materials obtained in a FOIA request show ICE agents have grossly ignored their training this past year.Docs Show ICE Agents Were Trained on Law and Deescalation. They’ve Ignored It.
Materials obtained in a FOIA request show ICE agents have grossly ignored their training this past year.Open Records Advocates Alarmed as DHS Abandons Text Archiving Software
Relying on agents to archive their own messages via screenshots has the potential for error and abuse, experts say.The lawsuit targets Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, Bessent, Rubio for violating federal records laws by using messaging app Signal for high-level national security deliberations, and seeks to recover unlawfully deleted messages and prevent further destruction.
American Oversight Investigates Trump2 Mass Firings of Inspectors General
https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-opens-investigation-into-mass-firings-of-inspectors-general-by-trump-administration
statement: https://americanoversight.org/statement-american-oversight-condemns-mass-firings-of-inspectors-general-by-trump-administration
* FOIA requests w. 14 major federal agencies incl. Departments of Defense, State, & Labor
"It's a massacre." Trump fires inspectors general in illegal overnight purge
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American Oversight Demands Prompt Release of FBI Records of Matt Gaetz Investigation
https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-demands-prompt-release-of-fbi-records-of-matt-gaetz-investigation
* American Oversight filed lawsuit
* seeking FBI summaries of witness interviews f. investigation into allegations of sex trafficking
* 1st requested March 2023 via Freedom of Information Act
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American Oversight filed a motion for preliminary injunction on Tuesday in its lawsuit seeking FBI summaries of witness interviews from the agency’s investigation into allegations of sex trafficking.
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American Oversight Seeks Records re: Pot. Impeachment of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-seeks-records-related-to-potential-impeachment-of-wisconsin-supreme-court-justice
* filed request for WI Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ comm. rel. to partisan efforts to impeach WI Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz
* including Vos' reported creation of panel of former justices to advise those efforts
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American Oversight filed a public records request for Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ communications related to threats to remove state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, including his reported consultation with former justices.
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American Oversight & Other Public Interest Groups File Amicus Brief Challenging Gov. DeSantis’ ‘Executive Privilege’ Claims
https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-and-other-public-interest-groups-file-amicus-brief-challenging-gov-desantis-executive-privilege-claims
American Oversight: https://www.americanoversight.org
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American Oversight and several government accountability organizations urged an appeals court to reverse a lower court’s order that allowed DeSantis to shield records from release by claiming “executive privilege.”
American Oversight Sues for Records Related to White Supremacist Incidents in the Military
American Oversight filed a pair of lawsuits seeking the public release of records detailing incidents of white supremacy across the U.S. armed forces
American Oversight’s earlier investigations have illustrated how branches of the military have not adequately tracked incidents of white supremacy within their ranks.
#WhiteSupremacy #WhiteNationalism #AmericanOversight #USMilitary