Spyware on US Soil: The Latest Front in ICE's Surveillance Empire The latest revelations about the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's (ICE) purchase of commercial spyware capable of covertly taking control of phones, collecting messages, photographs, location information, and other personal data have sparked a fresh wave of concerns about civil liberties and national security.
At the heart of this controversy is Senator Gary Peters' scathing letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, obtained exclusively by CBS News.
Peters' inquiry into the $2 million purchase of Graphite, a surveillance tool developed by Paragon Solutions and now owned by REDLattice, has exposed a disturbing trend in ICE's behavior.