[PAA-Discuss] SPECIAL REPORT: Secret docs reveal DHS lied about tracking Americans on social media

[Juli Kring]

Secret documents reveal Department of Homeland Security lied about tracking 
Americans on social media

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One of the nation’s leading electronic privacy groups claimed this week that the 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) misled members of Congress during a recent 
hearing on whether the Department is paying a defense contractor $11.4 million 
to keep tabs on protected free speech and dissent against government policies on 
the Internet.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), which triggered the hearing by 
publishing a trove of secret government documents in January, told Raw Story on 
Thursday that a second round of documents they’ve obtained directly contradicts 
testimony given on Feb. 16, showing that the DHS instructed their analysts to do 
exactly what the Department denied.

“There were several exchanges that they had with members of Congress in which 
they sort of distanced themselves from the idea — that they weren’t engaging in 
this monitoring of public reaction to government proposals,” McCall told Raw 
Story. “But that’s… Well, it’s not true, according to the documents we 
obtained.”

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