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[News] No Judge, No Grand Jury: A Customs Records Law Repurposed Against Protesters and Journalists

Homeland Security Investigations sent 92 customs summonses, a records power written for checking whether import duties were paid, to demand a journalist's phone logs and the identity of everyone around Minneapolis who bought a particular green hat, with no judge asked and the targets never told.

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