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The Latest Breaking News from DHS

Homeland Security puts its "Disinformation Governance Board" on ice

A spokesperson said the board "grossly and intentionally mischaracterized" but DHS will conduct a review.

Axios

The government is preparing for violence if Roe is overturned, per a leaked memo

Threats are “likely to persist and may increase” leading up to the Supreme Court’s decision, the DHS’s intelligence arm said.

Mic

Nina Jankowicz's Faulty Record, Not Her Critics, Doomed the Disinformation Board

And The Washington Post's wildly one-sided account of Jankowicz's fall was an exercise in government PR.

Reason

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DHS pauses disinformation board, director will resign

The Department of Homeland Security paused the work of its new disinformation governance board Wednesday

The Independent UK

Leaked memo shows DHS preparing for violence after abortion ruling

Officials are bracing for violence once the ruling is final.

Axios

No Pseudonymity for Lawyer Who Wants to Conceal Litigation Against Government from Future Clients

From Chief Judge Beryl Howell's opinion in Doe v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Security (D.D.C. Mar. 14, 2022): Plaintiff, an attorney, has moved to proceed pseudonymously as he litigates his instant claim under the Freedom of Information Act seeking information from various government agencies about a January 2021 incident, during…

Reason

Don't Trust Biden's Dystopian 'Disinformation Board'

A "disinformation" board sounds like something from a dystopian novel.

Reason

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Editorial: The frustration with the new US disinformation board? Too little information

The most troubling problem with the Biden administration’s new Disinformation Governance Board is how little information the government has released about it.

Chicago Tribune

Who needs cyberlaw when we can have unicorns and fairy dust?

Episode 406 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Reason

Ukrainians fleeing war try different ways to enter the US

Ukrainians are coming to the US on tourist visas, through the southern border or under a new sponsorship programme.

Al Jazeera

GOP ‘ministry of truth’ slurs against Biden’s disinformation board expose their own political tricks, experts say

Republicans are upset about a Biden administration initiative to tackle disinformation because it hits close to home, experts tell Andrew Feinberg

The Independent UK

Why did federal police square off with abortion rights protesters in LA streets?

LOS ANGELES — An abortion rights protest had been going on peacefully for hours in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday when a "help call" suddenly went out over police radios about 9 p.m.

Los Angeles Times

DHS disinformation board's work, plans remain a mystery

A newly formed Disinformation Governance Board remains shrouded in secrecy a week after the Biden administration’s announcement of the new effort was met with widespread criticism

The Independent UK

Trump’s homeland security chief intervened to downplay Russia threat in intel report, watchdog says

The report says Chad Wolf ordered a DHS report withheld ‘because it made President Trump look bad and hurt President Trump’s campaign’

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

Trump official interfered in report on Russian election meddling – watchdog

Chad Wolf, then acting homeland security secretary, demanded changes and delayed publication in report, inspector general finds

Reason

The Biden Administration Sees Free Speech As a Public Menace

The alarm aroused by the Disinformation Governance Board is understandable given the administration’s broader assault on messages it considers dangerous.

Axios

Trump DHS altered and twice delayed Russian election interference report, watchdog finds

Staffers told the inspector general the report was delayed as it "hurt President Trump's campaign."

Reason

The DHS Will Be Disinformation Dolts

Plus: perpetual "scope creep" of the welfare state

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The Guardian - US

Her murder conviction was overturned. US immigration still wants to deport her

Sandra Castaneda’s just one of many immigrants detained by the US for their criminal records – even when the cases were dismissed

Reason

New DHS Board Seeks To Counter What It Thinks Is Disinformation

The board's head says she is dedicated to "protecting free speech," but she has also expressed direct opposition to "free speech absolutists."

Reason

AOC Defends Due Process as Colleagues Greenlight Asset Seizure Bill

Plus: Homeland Security's new Disinformation Governance Board, the FDA's menthol ban, and more...

Salon

Boebert's new target: TSA modernization

Several House Republicans are co-sponsoring Boebert's bill that would prevent a new gender-neutral scanning system

The Independent UK

First child hepatitis death suspected in US as mystery epidemic spreads in 12 countries

At least six US states have reported cases of mystery liver illness in young children

Tribune News Service

Judge halts winding down of Title 42 border expulsion policy

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security may not begin phasing out its use of pandemic-related asylum restrictions before their planned end next month, a federal judge ordered Wednesday.

Roll Call

Judge halts winding down of Title 42 border expulsion policy - Roll Call

The Homeland Security Department may not begin phasing out use of pandemic-related asylum restrictions before a planned end, a judge ordered.

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