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Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretlysnoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’

Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies

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Sam Levine in New York City29 Aug 2026, 12:00 pmUpdated 3d ago1 min readAmericasUnited States

United States — Sam Levine in New York City

Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’

Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies

The Trump administration has been deploying an obscure legal maneuver to try to obtain private information on journalists, non-profits and unions, raising alarm over a power the government has asserted without judicial oversight.

In one instance, the government obtained six months of telephone records for Georgia Fort , a Minneapolis journalist. Fort was not notified of the request for her information, nor was she given a chance to contest the government’s effort to obtain them, her lawyers said in court papers .

The Trump administration has been deploying an obscure legal maneuver to try to obtain private information on journalists, non-profits and unions, raising alarm over a power the government has asserted without judicial oversight.

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Source: The Guardian · Sam Levine in New York City. Published 29 Aug 2026, 12:00 pm.

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