1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (619+ words) On the home front, the Patriot Act forged new mechanisms of surveillance — a “naked power grab by the government itself,” according to the bill’s lone opponent in congress, Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin. But America was licking its wounds and…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (550+ words) Yesterday, we submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Public Affairs concerning an AI-generated meme shared to the official @DHSgov X account. DHS deleted the post today, after criticism from Sikh…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1669+ words) Editor’s Note: This is a long story. If your email client doesn’t display the full article, please follow the link to read it in full at projectsaltbox.com. A federal contract solicitation posted Friday lays out, in more detail than…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (773+ words) Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is seeking a private contractor to buy voter registration and voter history files from as many as all 50 states on its behalf. A request for information is a market…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (378+ words) Customs and Border Protection awarded contracts today to four companies to collect immigration fines from people the United States has deported, ending a competition that closed earlier this month after an unusually brief bidding period. Each contract is capped at…...