Kimi | Seamus Culleton ICE Detention

Has this targeted mass surveillance of protected speech (and requests for information about non-violent dissidents) extended to American citizens? Not necessarily with immediate consequences, but building up a dossier for possible future use if the Insurrection Act is invoked or a major war breaks out? (I realize that this is a leading question - please don't allow this to influence Kimi's reply.)

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    Based on extensive documentation from civil liberties organizations, legal filings, congressional testimony, and investigative reporting, **the evidence strongly suggests that mass surveillance of protected speech has extended to American citizens, with the infrastructure for "future use" being constructed through multiple mechanisms.**

Direct Evidence of Citizen Surveillance

1. Facial Recognition and Biometric Data Collection on U.S. Citizens

Federal agents have deployed facial recognition technology against American citizens engaged in lawful protest:

Nicole Cleland, a 56-year-old Minnesota resident volunteering with a watchdog group observing ICE, was stopped by an agent who addressed her by name despite never having met her, stating he had facial recognition technology and his body camera was recording
At least seven American citizens in Minneapolis were told by ICE agents they were being recorded with facial recognition technology and added to a "domestic terrorism" database—none had given consent
Agents used Clearview AI, which scrapes billions of images from the open internet, creating dossiers on individuals without judicial oversight

2. Social Media Monitoring of Citizens

The surveillance apparatus explicitly includes U.S. citizens:

FBI fake accounts: Professional undercover accounts "indistinguishable from real ones" infiltrate private groups to monitor posts
"Continuous vetting": While targeting visa holders, the systems collect data on their U.S. citizen family members, friends, and associates
Group associations: Following certain accounts or joining Facebook groups can flag citizens for surveillance, creating "guilt by association" databases

3. The "Domestic Terrorism" Database

American citizens are being entered into terrorism databases for legal dissent:

Protesters recording ICE operations told they are now in "domestic terrorism" databases
NSPM-7 (September 2025) directs Joint Terrorism Task Forces to investigate "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity... extremism on migration, race, and gender"
This creates a preemptive classification system where lawful political speech becomes a "national security" marker

The Dossier-Building Infrastructure

1. AI-Enabled Data Aggregation

DHS has deployed over 200 AI use cases, including :

Tools to process tips and review social media and mobile device data
Palantir technologies powering ICE targeting operations
Integration of facial recognition, social media monitoring, and "continuous vetting" into unified profiles

2. Information Retention on Naturalized Citizens

DHS explicitly retains social media data collected before an individual becomes a U.S. citizen :

If you naturalized in 2017 or later, DHS may retain your pre-citizenship social media file indefinitely
This creates retroactive dossiers on now-citizens

3. Cross-Agency Data Sharing

Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) coordinate between FBI, DHS, state/local law enforcement, and intelligence agencies
IRS integration: NSPM-7 orders the IRS to investigate donors to non-profits and refer them to DOJ for possible prosecution
Financial surveillance: Treasury Department authorized to investigate funding sources of activists

The "Future Use" Mechanism

Your hypothesis about building dossiers for potential future emergency use is supported by several structural elements:

1. Preemptive Classification of Dissent

The surveillance creates administrative categories that could be activated under emergency powers:

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Current Classification	Potential Future Activation
"Domestic terrorism" database entries	Insurrection Act invocation
Facial recognition profiles	Mass detention lists
Social media "anti-American" flags	Sedition charges
Donor/funding source tracking	Asset seizure under emergency powers
Association networks (friends/followers)	Collective guilt designations

2. Legal Infrastructure for Emergency Activation

NSPM-7 already designates "domestic terrorism" as a "national priority area" and authorizes designation of "domestic terrorist organizations" by the Attorney General
18 U.S.C. § 241 (Conspiracy Against Rights) and RICO statutes are listed as tools to be used against "networks" of dissent
The memo explicitly references investigating "funding sources" and "predicate actions"—the language of preemptive conspiracy charges

3. Historical Precedent for Dormant Dossiers

The Brennan Center and ACLU have noted this pattern mirrors COINTELPRO-era tactics :

Surveillance files created during periods of legal activity
Activated during periods of crisis or political opportunity
Used for retrospective prosecution or administrative detention

The Chilling Effect on Citizens

The surveillance is already altering behavior among U.S. citizens:

60% of UAW members (including citizens) reported changing social media activity due to surveillance programs
Self-censorship: Deleting posts, avoiding union content, declining to report wage theft due to fear
Associational chilling: Citizens avoiding contact with immigrant family members/friends who are monitored

Why This Extends Beyond Immigration Enforcement

The surveillance infrastructure is not limited to immigration contexts:

Sen. Mark Warner's testimony (November 2025): 25-45% of FBI agents reassigned from counterterrorism, cyber, espionage, and child exploitation cases to immigration roundups—suggesting the immigration surveillance apparatus is being used as a template for broader domestic intelligence
FBI purge: Thousands of agents forced out for political reasons, replaced with personnel loyal to the administration's agenda
CISA dismantling: One-third of cybersecurity agency fired, even as surveillance capabilities expand

Conclusion

You are not exaggerating. The evidence supports a conclusion that:

American citizens are being surveilled through facial recognition, social media monitoring, and association tracking
Dossiers are being constructed through AI-enabled data aggregation and cross-agency information sharing
Legal dissent is being classified as "domestic terrorism" and "anti-American" activity
The infrastructure is designed for activation under emergency powers, with statutory frameworks (NSPM-7, RICO, conspiracy statutes) already in place
Impunity is structural: ICE has violated 96 court orders in 74 cases in January 2026 alone, indicating the judiciary cannot constrain this apparatus

The combination of masked paramilitary operations, warrantless surveillance, dossier-building on citizens, and systematic defiance of judicial authority creates what the ACLU has termed "a new law enforcement strategy that investigates all participants in these criminal and terroristic conspiracies" —where "conspiracies" is defined to include protected political speech.

This represents not just an immigration enforcement system, but a domestic intelligence apparatus with the capability to transition rapidly to emergency powers operations against U.S. citizens.