Power & Secrets Monitor

Surveillance Developments

• Kansas City Facial Recognition: Kansas City, Missouri, plans to install facial recognition cameras on public buses.
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Is this federal accountability or political overreach? The DOJ alleges New York rigged bidding for its $10 billion Medicaid home-care program to favor...

Local and federal surveillance tools are expanding even as pushback intensifies.

• Kansas City will add facial recognition cameras to public buses to...

New Mexico investigators have ordered banks, airlines, telecoms, and tech firms to preserve records on Epstein, Maxwell, Groff and associates at Zorro...

State Surveillance Actions

• 🔥 New York One Fair Price Act: On June 10, 2026, the New York State Legislature passed the One Fair Price Act...

Pushback against surveillance is hitting federal, state, local, and tech fronts simultaneously.

• Federal: FISA's warrantless collection of...

Gavin Newsom and his wife, described as White House adversaries, claim they face a DOJ investigation, which has prompted questions about federal grand jury powers.

Army veteran George Retes was detained by ICE for three days without family or legal access after identifying as a U.S. citizen, missing his...

Trump's June 2 AI Executive Order prioritizes classified cyber defense reviews led by the NSA but offers zero provisions on privacy, civil liberties,...

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) criticized President Trump during a Wednesday press conference for his inconsistent position on FISA surveillance, which changes practically every day. The remarks spotlight the political chaos surrounding FISA reauthorization.

Federal prosecutors under U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro have subpoenaed JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo for lists of closed accounts...

The Trump Administration is hijacking federal police grants to coerce local law enforcement into backing its authoritarian agenda, demonstrating clear executive overreach that erodes local autonomy.

Epstein Files Transparency Act Compliance

• 🔥 Lawsuit Against Acting AG Blanche: An independent journalist filed suit on April 26, 2026 against...

The Epstein Files Transparency Act, enacted November 19, 2025, mandated full release of related documents within 30 days while protecting victim...

Trump is conditioning renewal of FISA Section 702 on attaching Sen. Mike Lee's SAVE America Act election bill, shifting from his prior call for a...

• Flock Safety claims its cameras do not track people, yet internal webinars explicitly demonstrate following vehicles across locations and state...

FISA Surveillance Accountability

• 🔥 Carter Page Lawsuit Rejected: Supreme Court refused to revive Carter Page's suit against FBI officials over...

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to revive Carter Page's lawsuit against former FBI officials over flawed government surveillance during the 2016 election investigation.

Refugee resettlement through the UN agency collapsed from 188,800 in 2024 to just 81,800 in 2025, while asylum backlogs grew further. This sharp...

The US government issued a directive blocking foreign nationals from accessing Anthropic's AI tool, exposing rising friction between national security export rules and open AI development.