ICE Agents Leaking Secret Orders on "Domestic Terrorists" to Journalist Ken Klippenstein

ICE's New Surveillance Orders

• 🎯 ICE agents are reportedly tasked with photographing and gathering identifying information of anyone filming them, regardless of other activity.
• 💡 This information is then used for an intelligence "work-up," essentially running individuals through databases to map associations.
• 📈 The Trump administration is described as convinced, without public evidence, of an orchestrated effort to fund and motivate protesters.

"Antifa" Designation and Legal Loopholes

• ⚖️ The program is likely legal because President Trump designated "Antifa" as a domestic terror group, enabling the use of tools similar to those used against foreign terrorist organizations.
• 🔍 The administration's definition of "Antifa" is seen as potentially much broader than commonly understood, allowing for wider targeting.
• 🚫 Ken Klippenstein emphasizes that "Antifa" lacks the infrastructure of groups like al-Qaeda or ISIS, functioning more as a descriptor for individuals opposed to fascism.

Database Use and Profiling

• 📊 Border Patrol agents, central to this ICE operation, use a database (possibly IRS) to gather information including home addresses and property details.
• 🚗 A key tactic is running license plates, with an ICE agent reportedly telling a woman photographing law enforcement that she would be flagged as a "domestic terrorist."
• 🔍 The goal is to profile individuals, check for outstanding warrants, and tie them to other monitored actors, based on the belief in an orchestrated cabal.

Lack of Evidence and Real-World Impact

• 🗣️ Klippenstein's sources indicate that the intelligence collection is based on a worldview of a hidden, orchestrated plot, rather than the reality of everyday people involved in protests.
• 🕵️ Intelligence reports, sometimes based on social media tags like "antifa," are used to identify individuals as critical nodes within a supposed structure.
• ⚠️ The application of counter-terrorism tactics to loosely organized groups is a concern, with the potential for broad interpretation and abuse of power.