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Applauding you for covering fundamental injustice, Trevor.

We see massive abuses under the pretence of "Counter Terrorism" / "National Security"-

Surveillance and operations that violate Privacy, Civil Rights and the Constitution in numerous ways.

The abuse sky-rocketed after 9/11 and Patriot Act.

Innocent Americans with no ties to crime/terrorism nominated as "threat" "suspects", "non-investigative subjects", some 400k in the US alone

(the overreach is documented in the 2008 TSDB audit report, 2024 lawsuit requires disclosure of more recent audits

- https://oig.justice.gov/reports/plus/a0816/index.htm;

- image p viii: https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/reports/FBI/a0527/final.pdf ).

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Are you familiar with the following?

(1) FBI v Fikre (2024): Supreme Court ruling against the FBI/Gov:

https://x.com/CAIRNational/status/1770132960680747342

- https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-attorney-to-offer-oral-argument-in-fifth-circuit-major-questions-doctrine-case-challenging-legality-of-federal-terrorist-watchlist/

- https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-attorney-argues-historic-watchlist-case-before-supreme-court/

- https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-oregon-man-who-challenged-no-fly-list/

* No threshold in place for referring a person to the surveillance/ extrajudicial punishment

* Literally impossible to get off that list (not even informed) under the guise of fictious #NationalSecurity-

* Many referred persons are under the age of 15

* Severe civil + human rights violations

* Journalists attempting to cover #Prevent critically are surveilled and intimidated themselves.

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(2) UN (2024) sounding the alarm on abuse under "counter terrorism" policies and practices in all Western states.

"Rampant abuse of counter-terrorism laws threaten human rights globally, warns UN expert"

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/03/rampant-abuse-counter-terrorism-laws-threaten-human-rights-globally-warns-un

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(3) Amnesty International (2023) calling out abuses and human rights violations under the UK counter-terrorism strategy.

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/files/2023-11/Amnesty%20UK%20Prevent%20report%20%281%29.pdf?VersionId=.hjIwRZuHiGd1_lECXroFwg25jyBtwur

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==> What the Gov / Security state does to law-abiding citizens, illegally framed as "suspects", is one of the biggest SCANDALS of our times.

Citing an expert: "too shameful for any Gov to come out". (Interview on file)

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NSA whistle-blower Karen Melton-Stewart:

"Ordinary citizens and inconvenient truth-tellers are being targeted as so-called 'domestic terrorists' to maintain national security budgets.

A huge business - for torture, oppression" and worse.

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Comprehensive collection of official documents/publications, court cases, affidavits, interviews and references on file. Happy to provide details, evidence, context.

Unprecedented abuses we would only expect in totalitarian regimes.

That's why DoJ acts out sharply. Oppressing any disclosure in its tracks.

Dirty secrets safely hidden behind a stonewall of "National Security".

SECRET CRITERIA - Law enforcement / Intelligence establishing their own rules without oversight:

https://x.com/AnnaNeufeldMBS/status/1713289124784885782

- Activism incl sources: https://x.com/AnnaNeufeldMBS

- Reporting for the UK & beyond: https://x.com/AGA_PBinUK

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fake #Counterterrorism #AbuseOfPower #CommunityPolicing #DomesticGuantanamo #PresumptionOfInnocence #DueProcess

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Aug 22Liked by Trevor Aaronson

Nice to see you here! The abuse of FBI & attack on First & Fourth Amendments with Assange and those who visited and supported him made me dig into the work of Trevor as the next logical step and likely our fight for justice

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Thank you for this. The lessons we've failed to learn from the war on Julian Assange will continue to expand on all of us.

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