STRAT | 06 OCT 2026 | California’s “Illegal Domestic Spying” Imbroglio
Retired Marine Intelligence Officer LtCol. Hal Kempfer examines California’s “illegal domestic spying” controversy and the questions it raises about homeland security training, federal funding, and government accountability. Drawing on his account of a 2008 training moratorium and later court testimony, Kempfer explores conflicting explanations for why a counterterrorism course was halted, then allowed to continue. He asks whether disputed curriculum taught nationwide could have affected investigations, evidence, and subsequent court decisions. The episode considers two competing…
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