#subpoena — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #subpoena, aggregated by home.social.
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#Oura says it gets #government demands for user data. Will it share how many?
Oura users' data is not end-to-end #encrypted and can be handed to the government. Will the #wearable tech maker say how often it turns over data?
#privacy #security #surveillance #tracking #e2ee #encryption #subpoena -
#Oura says it gets #government demands for user data. Will it share how many?
Oura users' data is not end-to-end #encrypted and can be handed to the government. Will the #wearable tech maker say how often it turns over data?
#privacy #security #surveillance #tracking #e2ee #encryption #subpoena -
#Oura says it gets #government demands for user data. Will it share how many?
Oura users' data is not end-to-end #encrypted and can be handed to the government. Will the #wearable tech maker say how often it turns over data?
#privacy #security #surveillance #tracking #e2ee #encryption #subpoena -
#Oura says it gets #government demands for user data. Will it share how many?
Oura users' data is not end-to-end #encrypted and can be handed to the government. Will the #wearable tech maker say how often it turns over data?
#privacy #security #surveillance #tracking #e2ee #encryption #subpoena -
#Oura says it gets #government demands for user data. Will it share how many?
Oura users' data is not end-to-end #encrypted and can be handed to the government. Will the #wearable tech maker say how often it turns over data?
#privacy #security #surveillance #tracking #e2ee #encryption #subpoena -
Trump DOJ criminal subpoena seeks identities of trans youth patients at NYU Langone
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Trump DOJ criminal subpoena seeks identities of trans youth patients at NYU Langone
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Trump administration seeks transgender patient records from NYU Langone
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Trump administration seeks transgender patient records from NYU Langone
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https://www.fogolf.com/1252952/judge-allows-prosecutors-access-to-tiger-woods-prescription-records/ Judge allows prosecutors access to Tiger Woods’ prescription records #attorney #Court #Defense #DUICase #LawEnforcement #Motion #Order #PrescriptionRecord #prosecutor #record #side #subpoena #TigerWoods #tuesday #Wpbf25get
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https://www.fogolf.com/1252952/judge-allows-prosecutors-access-to-tiger-woods-prescription-records/ Judge allows prosecutors access to Tiger Woods’ prescription records #attorney #Court #Defense #DUICase #LawEnforcement #Motion #Order #PrescriptionRecord #prosecutor #record #side #subpoena #TigerWoods #tuesday #Wpbf25get
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https://www.fogolf.com/1252404/tiger-woods-attorneys-expected-in-court-tuesday-regarding-prescription-drugs-subpoena-3/ Tiger Woods’ attorneys expected in court Tuesday regarding prescription drugs subpoena #aronberg #attorney #CourtTuesday #DUI #Hearing #Judge #MartinCounty #OngoingDuiCase #pharmacy #Prescription #PrescriptionDrugSubpoena #PrescriptionRecord #privacy #prosecutor #record #subpoena #TigerWoods #WARNING #Wpbf25attorney
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https://www.fogolf.com/1252404/tiger-woods-attorneys-expected-in-court-tuesday-regarding-prescription-drugs-subpoena-3/ Tiger Woods’ attorneys expected in court Tuesday regarding prescription drugs subpoena #aronberg #attorney #CourtTuesday #DUI #Hearing #Judge #MartinCounty #OngoingDuiCase #pharmacy #Prescription #PrescriptionDrugSubpoena #PrescriptionRecord #privacy #prosecutor #record #subpoena #TigerWoods #WARNING #Wpbf25attorney
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Justice Department's Pursuit of Information Leads to Wall Street Journal Subpoena
The Justice Department has subpoenaed The Wall Street Journal for records about its reporting on a leak investigation. This affects press freedom.
#JusticeDepartment, #WallStreetJournal, #LeakInvestigation, #PressFreedom, #Subpoena
https://newsletter.tf/justice-dept-subpoenas-wsj-leak-report/
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The Justice Department has issued a subpoena to The Wall Street Journal, seeking records related to the publication's reporting on an undisclosed leak investigation.
#JusticeDepartment, #WallStreetJournal, #LeakInvestigation, #PressFreedom, #Subpoena
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https://www.fogolf.com/1252275/tiger-woods-attorneys-expected-in-court-tuesday-regarding-prescription-drugs-subpoena/ Tiger Woods’ attorneys expected in court Tuesday regarding prescription drugs subpoena #aronberg #attorney #CourtTuesday #DUI #Hearing #Judge #MartinCounty #OngoingDuiCase #pharmacy #Prescription #PrescriptionDrugSubpoena #PrescriptionRecord #privacy #prosecutor #record #subpoena #TigerWoods #WARNING #Wpbf25attorney
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https://www.fogolf.com/1252275/tiger-woods-attorneys-expected-in-court-tuesday-regarding-prescription-drugs-subpoena/ Tiger Woods’ attorneys expected in court Tuesday regarding prescription drugs subpoena #aronberg #attorney #CourtTuesday #DUI #Hearing #Judge #MartinCounty #OngoingDuiCase #pharmacy #Prescription #PrescriptionDrugSubpoena #PrescriptionRecord #privacy #prosecutor #record #subpoena #TigerWoods #WARNING #Wpbf25attorney
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https://www.fogolf.com/1237592/tiger-woods-fights-attempts-to-subpoena-his-pharmacy-records/ Tiger Woods fights attempts to subpoena his pharmacy records #DouglasDuncan #florida #JupiterIsland #PrescriptionRecords #subpoena #TigerWoods
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https://www.fogolf.com/1237592/tiger-woods-fights-attempts-to-subpoena-his-pharmacy-records/ Tiger Woods fights attempts to subpoena his pharmacy records #DouglasDuncan #florida #JupiterIsland #PrescriptionRecords #subpoena #TigerWoods
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https://www.fogolf.com/1227417/tiger-woods-attempting-to-block-subpoena-for-drug-records-in-dui-case/ Tiger Woods attempting to block subpoena for drug records in DUI case #Accident #Arrest #Crash #Drugs #DUI #Golf #Mugshot #PoliceReport #subpoena #TigerWoods
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https://www.fogolf.com/1227417/tiger-woods-attempting-to-block-subpoena-for-drug-records-in-dui-case/ Tiger Woods attempting to block subpoena for drug records in DUI case #Accident #Arrest #Crash #Drugs #DUI #Golf #Mugshot #PoliceReport #subpoena #TigerWoods
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https://www.fogolf.com/1227273/tiger-woods-challenges-subpoena-for-prescription-drug-records/ Tiger Woods challenges subpoena for prescription drug records #alcohol #attorney #Authority #Crash #DuiCharge #JupiterIsland #LewisPharmacy #PalmBeach #PrescriptionDrugRecord #prosecutor #subpoena #TigerWoods #URINETEST #weather #Wpbf25get
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https://www.fogolf.com/1227273/tiger-woods-challenges-subpoena-for-prescription-drug-records/ Tiger Woods challenges subpoena for prescription drug records #alcohol #attorney #Authority #Crash #DuiCharge #JupiterIsland #LewisPharmacy #PalmBeach #PrescriptionDrugRecord #prosecutor #subpoena #TigerWoods #URINETEST #weather #Wpbf25get
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https://www.fogolf.com/1227273/tiger-woods-challenges-subpoena-for-prescription-drug-records/ Tiger Woods challenges subpoena for prescription drug records #alcohol #attorney #Authority #Crash #DuiCharge #JupiterIsland #LewisPharmacy #PalmBeach #PrescriptionDrugRecord #prosecutor #subpoena #TigerWoods #URINETEST #weather #Wpbf25get
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Legal Analyst Criticizes DOJ's Defense of Pam Bondi's Refusal to Comply with Epstein Subpoena
📰 Original title: CNN Legal Analyst Debunks DOJ Excuse About Bondi's Epstein Subpoena: 'A Bogus Argument'
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/legal-analyst-criticizes-dojs-defense-of-pam-bondis-refusal-to-comply-with-epstein-subpoena/?redirpost=47bcd1a7-33c9-4ff6-8f83-a716966c7267
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WTAF!?
#SteveBannon wins #SCOTUS order likely to lead to dismissal of his #criminal #conviction for refusing to #Congress.
“Prodded” [instructed] by the #Trump admin, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a #subpoena from the #House committee that investigated the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection by Trump supporters.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-capitol-riot-bannon-trump-4a4cf324096fc1bfed204d42b54d191e -
WTAF!?
#SteveBannon wins #SCOTUS order likely to lead to dismissal of his #criminal #conviction for refusing to #Congress.
“Prodded” [instructed] by the #Trump admin, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a #subpoena from the #House committee that investigated the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection by Trump supporters.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-capitol-riot-bannon-trump-4a4cf324096fc1bfed204d42b54d191e -
WTAF!?
#SteveBannon wins #SCOTUS order likely to lead to dismissal of his #criminal #conviction for refusing to #Congress.
“Prodded” [instructed] by the #Trump admin, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a #subpoena from the #House committee that investigated the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection by Trump supporters.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-capitol-riot-bannon-trump-4a4cf324096fc1bfed204d42b54d191e -
WTAF!?
#SteveBannon wins #SCOTUS order likely to lead to dismissal of his #criminal #conviction for refusing to #Congress.
“Prodded” [instructed] by the #Trump admin, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a #subpoena from the #House committee that investigated the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection by Trump supporters.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-capitol-riot-bannon-trump-4a4cf324096fc1bfed204d42b54d191e -
WTAF!?
#SteveBannon wins #SCOTUS order likely to lead to dismissal of his #criminal #conviction for refusing to #Congress.
“Prodded” [instructed] by the #Trump admin, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a #subpoena from the #House committee that investigated the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection by Trump supporters.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-capitol-riot-bannon-trump-4a4cf324096fc1bfed204d42b54d191e -
This is pretty pointless. She never answers a question straight.
#House #Oversight chair issues #subpoena for Attorney General #PamBondi for deposition in #Epstein probe
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/17/politics/pam-bondi-subpoena-house-comer-epstein?cid=ios_app -
This is pretty pointless. She never answers a question straight.
#House #Oversight chair issues #subpoena for Attorney General #PamBondi for deposition in #Epstein probe
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/17/politics/pam-bondi-subpoena-house-comer-epstein?cid=ios_app -
This is pretty pointless. She never answers a question straight.
#House #Oversight chair issues #subpoena for Attorney General #PamBondi for deposition in #Epstein probe
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/17/politics/pam-bondi-subpoena-house-comer-epstein?cid=ios_app -
This is pretty pointless. She never answers a question straight.
#House #Oversight chair issues #subpoena for Attorney General #PamBondi for deposition in #Epstein probe
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/17/politics/pam-bondi-subpoena-house-comer-epstein?cid=ios_app -
This is pretty pointless. She never answers a question straight.
#House #Oversight chair issues #subpoena for Attorney General #PamBondi for deposition in #Epstein probe
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/17/politics/pam-bondi-subpoena-house-comer-epstein?cid=ios_app -
US court rejects subpoena targeting Federal Reserve in landmark decision, marking significant development in ongoing legal proceedings involving central bank authority
#YonhapInfomax #FederalReserve #USCourt #Subpoena #CentralBank #LegalProceedings #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=109882 -
US court rejects subpoena targeting Federal Reserve in landmark decision, marking significant development in ongoing legal proceedings involving central bank authority
#YonhapInfomax #FederalReserve #USCourt #Subpoena #CentralBank #LegalProceedings #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
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US court rejects subpoena targeting Federal Reserve in landmark decision, marking significant development in ongoing legal proceedings involving central bank authority
#YonhapInfomax #FederalReserve #USCourt #Subpoena #CentralBank #LegalProceedings #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
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US court rejects subpoena targeting Federal Reserve in landmark decision, marking significant development in ongoing legal proceedings involving central bank authority
#YonhapInfomax #FederalReserve #USCourt #Subpoena #CentralBank #LegalProceedings #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
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How Google Handles Subpoena Requests: Insights from the Epstein Files
📰 Original title: Here’s What a Google Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the Epstein Files
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
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/5 Hillary Clinton: "You have held zero public hearings, refused to allow the media to attend them, including today, despite espousing the need for transparency on dozens of occasions.
You have made little effort to call the people who show up most prominently in the Epstein files. And when you did, not a single Republican Member showed up for Les Wexner’s deposition."
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Here’s What a #Google #Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the #EpsteinFiles
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“Documents that are listed, which should be included, which are referenced in other documents, are not in the files,” Rep #RobertGarcia said. He added that the #DOJ had also NOT provided them to the #Oversight Cmte, which issued a #subpoena last year for all of the DOJ’s investigative material regarding #Epstein.
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #law #criminal #Trump #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #ViolenceAgainstWomen #RapistInChief #CoverUp
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Google, Meta, and Reddit Flooded With US Government Subpoenas
The Trump administrations big government crackdown on internet thought crimes continue after Reddit and others receive subpoenas.
https://www.freezenet.ca/google-meta-and-reddit-flooded-with-us-government-subpoenas/
#Censorship #News #Discord #Facebook #Google #Meta #politics #Reddit #subpoena #Trump #US #USPol
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DHS Subpoenas: The War on Free Speech Just Got Personal
DHS is issuing subpoenas to Google and Reddit to unmask ICE critics. Learn how they are attacking free speech and how you can fight back.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/2026/02/dhs-subpoenas-the-war-on-free-speech-just-got-personal/
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Google handed over a trove of personal data
about a student and journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
in response to a subpoena that had not been approved by a judge, according to a report by The Intercept.The search and advertising tech giant provided ICE with the usernames, physical addresses, and an itemized list of services associated with the Google account of Amandla Thomas-Johnson,
a British student and journalist who briefly attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024 while attending Cornell University in New York.Google also turned over Thomas-Johnson’s IP addresses, phone numbers, subscriber numbers and identities, and credit card and bank account numbers linked to his account.
The subpoena, which reportedly included a gag order, did not include a specific justification for why ICE was requesting Thomas-Johnson’s personal data,
but the student previously said that the demand for his data came within two hours of Cornell informing him that the U.S. government had revoked his student visa.This is the latest example of how the U.S. government is using a controversial type of legal request, called an #administrative #subpoena, to demand that tech companies turn over the private data of individuals who have been critical of the Trump administration.
This has included anonymous Instagram accounts that share information about ICE presence and raids,
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HT @bob
#DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old #USCitizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
Hafiz Rashid/ February 3, 2026
"The #Trump administration is targeting #FreeSpeech with a little-known legal tool: #AdministrativeSubpoenas.
"The #WashingtonPost reports that a retired #Philadelphia man, Jon, 67, found himself in the government’s crosshairs after he emailed a lead prosecutor at the Department of Homeland Security, #JosephDernbach, who was handling the deportation case of an #AfghanRefugee, identified as H, asking him to consider that the man’s life was in danger from the #Taliban.
" 'Mr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,' Jon wrote from his #GMail account. 'Err on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.'
"Later that day, Jon received an email from #Google notifying him that an administrative subpoena had been sent to them from the Department of Homeland Security 'compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.' Federal agencies can issue such subpoenas without an order from a judge or grand jury, and Google gave Jon, who withheld his last name to protect his family from the government, one week to challenge it.
"Laws are supposed to restrict the use of administrative subpoenas, but DHS has used the tool against dissent protected under the #FirstAmendment to the #Constitution. Jon could not find who in the agency issued the #subpoena, let alone a record of it to show an attorney.
"Days later, DHS agents showed up at Jon’s door. A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from the #UK, Jon was worried about potential violence. The agents showed him a copy of the email and asked to see his side of the story. They didn’t know about the administrative subpoena but said they received orders to interview Jon by #DHS headquarters in Washington, D.C.
"Eventually, the agents agreed that Jon had committed no crimes after he told them he found Dernbach’s email address through a simple Google search. Jon secured pro bono representation by #ACLU attorneys, who argue that the government is violating a statute that limits how administrative subpoenas can be used for '#ImmigrationEnforcement' and that the government targeted Jon for #ProtectedSpeech.
" 'It doesn’t take that much to make people look over their shoulder, to think twice before they speak again,' said Nathan Freed Wessler, one of Jon’s attorneys. 'That’s why these kinds of subpoenas and other actions—the visits—are so pernicious. You don’t have to lock somebody up to make them reticent to make their voice heard. It really doesn’t take much, because the power of the federal government is so overwhelming.'
"Both #Google and #Meta received a record number of subpoenas in the United States during the first half of 2025 as Trump’s second term began, with Google receiving 28,622, a 15 percent increase over the previous six months. Jon was fortunate to have his case picked up by the ACLU and later reported on by a national media outlet. How many others in the U.S. haven’t been so lucky and face legal challenges for exercising their right to free speech?"
Source / listen:
https://newrepublic.com/post/206088/homeland-security-67-year-old-us-citizen-criticized-email#USPol #GoogleSucks #BigTech #Fascism #DefundDHS #ThoughtPolice #Orwellian #NineteenEightyFour #Authoritarianism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
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HT @bob
#DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old #USCitizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
Hafiz Rashid/ February 3, 2026
"The #Trump administration is targeting #FreeSpeech with a little-known legal tool: #AdministrativeSubpoenas.
"The #WashingtonPost reports that a retired #Philadelphia man, Jon, 67, found himself in the government’s crosshairs after he emailed a lead prosecutor at the Department of Homeland Security, #JosephDernbach, who was handling the deportation case of an #AfghanRefugee, identified as H, asking him to consider that the man’s life was in danger from the #Taliban.
" 'Mr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,' Jon wrote from his #GMail account. 'Err on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.'
"Later that day, Jon received an email from #Google notifying him that an administrative subpoena had been sent to them from the Department of Homeland Security 'compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.' Federal agencies can issue such subpoenas without an order from a judge or grand jury, and Google gave Jon, who withheld his last name to protect his family from the government, one week to challenge it.
"Laws are supposed to restrict the use of administrative subpoenas, but DHS has used the tool against dissent protected under the #FirstAmendment to the #Constitution. Jon could not find who in the agency issued the #subpoena, let alone a record of it to show an attorney.
"Days later, DHS agents showed up at Jon’s door. A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from the #UK, Jon was worried about potential violence. The agents showed him a copy of the email and asked to see his side of the story. They didn’t know about the administrative subpoena but said they received orders to interview Jon by #DHS headquarters in Washington, D.C.
"Eventually, the agents agreed that Jon had committed no crimes after he told them he found Dernbach’s email address through a simple Google search. Jon secured pro bono representation by #ACLU attorneys, who argue that the government is violating a statute that limits how administrative subpoenas can be used for '#ImmigrationEnforcement' and that the government targeted Jon for #ProtectedSpeech.
" 'It doesn’t take that much to make people look over their shoulder, to think twice before they speak again,' said Nathan Freed Wessler, one of Jon’s attorneys. 'That’s why these kinds of subpoenas and other actions—the visits—are so pernicious. You don’t have to lock somebody up to make them reticent to make their voice heard. It really doesn’t take much, because the power of the federal government is so overwhelming.'
"Both #Google and #Meta received a record number of subpoenas in the United States during the first half of 2025 as Trump’s second term began, with Google receiving 28,622, a 15 percent increase over the previous six months. Jon was fortunate to have his case picked up by the ACLU and later reported on by a national media outlet. How many others in the U.S. haven’t been so lucky and face legal challenges for exercising their right to free speech?"
Source / listen:
https://newrepublic.com/post/206088/homeland-security-67-year-old-us-citizen-criticized-email#USPol #GoogleSucks #BigTech #Fascism #DefundDHS #ThoughtPolice #Orwellian #NineteenEightyFour #Authoritarianism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
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HT @bob
#DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old #USCitizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
Hafiz Rashid/ February 3, 2026
"The #Trump administration is targeting #FreeSpeech with a little-known legal tool: #AdministrativeSubpoenas.
"The #WashingtonPost reports that a retired #Philadelphia man, Jon, 67, found himself in the government’s crosshairs after he emailed a lead prosecutor at the Department of Homeland Security, #JosephDernbach, who was handling the deportation case of an #AfghanRefugee, identified as H, asking him to consider that the man’s life was in danger from the #Taliban.
" 'Mr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,' Jon wrote from his #GMail account. 'Err on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.'
"Later that day, Jon received an email from #Google notifying him that an administrative subpoena had been sent to them from the Department of Homeland Security 'compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.' Federal agencies can issue such subpoenas without an order from a judge or grand jury, and Google gave Jon, who withheld his last name to protect his family from the government, one week to challenge it.
"Laws are supposed to restrict the use of administrative subpoenas, but DHS has used the tool against dissent protected under the #FirstAmendment to the #Constitution. Jon could not find who in the agency issued the #subpoena, let alone a record of it to show an attorney.
"Days later, DHS agents showed up at Jon’s door. A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from the #UK, Jon was worried about potential violence. The agents showed him a copy of the email and asked to see his side of the story. They didn’t know about the administrative subpoena but said they received orders to interview Jon by #DHS headquarters in Washington, D.C.
"Eventually, the agents agreed that Jon had committed no crimes after he told them he found Dernbach’s email address through a simple Google search. Jon secured pro bono representation by #ACLU attorneys, who argue that the government is violating a statute that limits how administrative subpoenas can be used for '#ImmigrationEnforcement' and that the government targeted Jon for #ProtectedSpeech.
" 'It doesn’t take that much to make people look over their shoulder, to think twice before they speak again,' said Nathan Freed Wessler, one of Jon’s attorneys. 'That’s why these kinds of subpoenas and other actions—the visits—are so pernicious. You don’t have to lock somebody up to make them reticent to make their voice heard. It really doesn’t take much, because the power of the federal government is so overwhelming.'
"Both #Google and #Meta received a record number of subpoenas in the United States during the first half of 2025 as Trump’s second term began, with Google receiving 28,622, a 15 percent increase over the previous six months. Jon was fortunate to have his case picked up by the ACLU and later reported on by a national media outlet. How many others in the U.S. haven’t been so lucky and face legal challenges for exercising their right to free speech?"
Source / listen:
https://newrepublic.com/post/206088/homeland-security-67-year-old-us-citizen-criticized-email#USPol #GoogleSucks #BigTech #Fascism #DefundDHS #ThoughtPolice #Orwellian #NineteenEightyFour #Authoritarianism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity