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reACTIONary

(5,770 posts)
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 11:09 AM Aug 2020

DHS official whose office compiled 'intelligence reports' on journalists and protesters has been rem

Source: Washington Post

A senior Department of Homeland Security official whose office compiled “intelligence reports” about journalists and protesters in Portland, Ore., has been removed from his job, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Brian Murphy, the acting undersecretary for intelligence and analysis, was reassigned to a new position elsewhere in the department, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel matter.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-official-whose-office-compiled-intelligence-reports-on-journalists-and-protesters-has-been-removed-from-his-job/2020/08/01/f01247be-d3ff-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html?tidr=a_breakingnews&hpid=hp_no-name_hp-breaking-news%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar



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DHS official whose office compiled 'intelligence reports' on journalists and protesters has been rem (Original Post) reACTIONary Aug 2020 OP
Rearranging the deskchairs on the Trump SS. C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #1
I heard... Hong Kong Cavalier Aug 2020 #2
No emoji but... GemDigger Aug 2020 #4
Another "bad apple", "we didn't know" con in progress here folks. Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #3
Glad to see that it was acknowledged that collecting intelligence on reporters and Nitram Aug 2020 #5
They got caught lonely bird Aug 2020 #6
Drumpf doesn't like intelligence. Marcuse Aug 2020 #7
DFT doesn't have intelligence RainCaster Aug 2020 #9
He has likely been Scarsdale Aug 2020 #8
But, ... 40RatRod Aug 2020 #10
Kicked the incompetent monster upstairs, did they? PatrickforO Aug 2020 #11
Should have been fired and never hired again. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2020 #12
Lock him up!!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 #13
a new position elsewhere.. stillcool Aug 2020 #14
If Biden wins they are going to have to buy out the NoMoreRepugs Aug 2020 #15
and do directly to landfill riversedge Aug 2020 #19
DHS appears to have either accessed a Portland protest Telegram chat or evaluated patterns ... mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 #16
I'm so old, I remember when "removed from his job" meant kicked out of the organization. Efilroft Sul Aug 2020 #17
says Murphy intended to curry favor with the WH-changed description to "violent antifa anarchists.". riversedge Aug 2020 #18

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,572 posts)
2. I heard...
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 11:20 AM
Aug 2020

...that Brian Murphy is moving to Hollywood and starring in a reboot of "The Fall Guy".

<insert rimshot emoji here>

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
3. Another "bad apple", "we didn't know" con in progress here folks.
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 11:31 AM
Aug 2020

I imagine Murphy will gladly throw himself on his sword though.

Nitram

(22,791 posts)
5. Glad to see that it was acknowledged that collecting intelligence on reporters and
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 11:54 AM
Aug 2020

domestic protestors exercising their first amendment rights is prohibited.

PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
11. Kicked the incompetent monster upstairs, did they?
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 12:55 PM
Aug 2020

With these new revelations about WHY the Trump 'administration' refused to develop and implement a coordinated national response to the virus, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say there needs to be some fucking punishment for these people.

A sound defeat at the polls is no longer enough. These monsters are guilty of crimes against humanity. Concentration camps, escalating demonstrations, fomenting violent racism, allowing 150,000 Americans to die.

When I look at Trump I don't see an orange buffoon. I see a demonic parasite pulling apart the social, economic, political, and moral fabric of this republic.

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stillcool

(32,626 posts)
14. a new position elsewhere..
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 01:33 PM
Aug 2020
Murphy had previously told Senate committee staff that his office did not collect, analyze or exploit information on the electronic devices or accounts of protesters. On Friday, Democratic senators sent Murphy a letter asking him to confirm that was true.----------------------------------------------

Recently, Murphy tried to broaden the definition of violent protesters in Portland, in a way that some officials felt was intended to curry favor with the White house.
In an internal memo, Murphy announced that the label “violent opportunists,” which his office had used to describe people who were attacking law enforcement personnel and property, would be changed to “violent antifa anarchists inspired,” according to an internal memo.

Murphy argued that the violent protesters weren’t merely taking advantage of a moment but had “overwhelmingly” been linked to radical ideologies “driving individuals toward violence.” That conclusion was undercut by an earlier DHS analysis that found there wasn’t enough information about the Portland protesters for the department to know how they might be connected to anti-fascist or anarchist groups and what precisely was motivating them. Many of the protests in Portland have been peaceful and in response to police violence around the country.


NoMoreRepugs

(9,412 posts)
15. If Biden wins they are going to have to buy out the
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 01:38 PM
Aug 2020

entire World’s supply of brooms to clean out the “trash” left by the RUMP in every part of our government.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
16. DHS appears to have either accessed a Portland protest Telegram chat or evaluated patterns ...
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 02:15 PM
Aug 2020
Important story from ⁦
@shaneharris
⁩. DHS appears to have either accessed a Portland protest Telegram chat or evaluated patterns of Telegram communications, neither of which they should have been able to collect.



Murphy told Congress that DHS did not collect protesters’s data. An internal DHS memo seems to contradict him.

riversedge

(70,186 posts)
18. says Murphy intended to curry favor with the WH-changed description to "violent antifa anarchists.".
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 05:15 AM
Aug 2020

There is a lot of detail in this WP article about Murphy. He should be fired. Period.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-official-whose-office-compiled-intelligence-reports-on-journalists-and-protesters-has-been-removed-from-his-job/2020/08/01/f01247be-d3ff-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html

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...............Recently, Murphy tried to broaden the definition of violent protesters in Portland, in a way that some officials felt was intended to curry favor with the White House.


According to an internal memo, Murphy announced that the label “violent opportunists,” which his office had used to describe people who were attacking law enforcement personnel and property, would be changed to “violent antifa anarchists.”


Murphy argued that the violent protesters were not merely taking advantage of a moment but had “overwhelmingly” been linked to radical ideologies “driving individuals toward violence.” That conclusion was undercut by an earlier DHS analysis that found there was not enough information about the Portland protesters for the department to know how they might be connected to anti-fascist or anarchist groups and what precisely was motivating them. Many of the protests in Portland have been peaceful and in response to police violence around the country.

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