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DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders  (Dell Cameron, Wired)
Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

AI Danger Gets Real  (Economist)
The squabble between America’s government and Anthropic makes an AI disaster more likely.

Mass Firings Leave National Security Ranks Thinned as War Raises Threats  (Perry Stein, Washington Post)
FBI and Justice Department have lost decades of experience over the past year in key security positions.

Judge Voids Mass Layoffs at Voice of America  (Minho Kim, New York Times)
The ruling, which said that Kari Lake’s appointment to oversee V.O.A.’s parent agency was invalid, was a major rejection of President Trump’s attempts to dismantle the government-funded news group.

Arizona Is Now at the Center of Election Investigations  (Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Sarah Fitzpatrick, and Nick Miroff, The Atlantic)
Both the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are probing the results of the 2020 election in Arizona.

Pete Hegseth Is Pushing Defense Employees to Volunteer With DHS  (Vittoria Elliott, Wired)
The defense secretary has made clear that Pentagon managers are to encourage workers, including civilians, to volunteer to assist in the administration’s immigration crackdown.