DHS calls whistleblowers a “threat to national security.”
But without leaks to the press, the public wouldn’t know that ICE is entering homes without warrants, labeling protesters “domestic terrorists,” building mass surveillance tools with Big Tech, or pushing propaganda.
https://freedom.press/issues/dhs-calls-leaks-a-threat-heres-what-we-wouldnt-know-without-them/
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