DOJ admits DHS agents broke policy by threatening to put peaceful observers on 'domestic terrorist' watchlist

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Source: Law & Crime

Mar 17th, 2026, 12:28 pm


The Trump administration has admitted that agents with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) threatened to put Maine women observing their activities onto a federal watchlist.

In a 24-page court filing, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sought to convince a judge that a temporary restraining order (TRO) and immediate relief by the legal observers are unnecessary. Though conceding that DHS officers "suggested" that citizens' information would be taken during interactions at immigration-enforcement operations, the DOJ maintains that no such promises were followed up on.

"While DHS, as do other law enforcement agencies, maintains databases relevant to law enforcement investigations, the officers involved in the encounters with Plaintiffs did not enter their information into a database or watchlist related to those encounters," the filing states. "Defendants acknowledge that officers on the ground suggested otherwise, however, those statements were contrary to DHS policy."

The Trump administration went so far as to share declarations from DHS Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) leaders stating that neither Elinor Hilton nor Colleen Fagan were placed on any database. Moreover, the federal immigration agency sent a memo to agents reminding them of "First Amendment Protected Activities."

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/empty-threats-doj-admits-dhs-agents-broke-policy-by-threatening-to-put-peaceful-observers-on-domestic-terrorist-watchlist/

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Full headline: 'Empty threats': DOJ admits DHS agents broke policy by threatening to put peaceful observers on 'domestic terrorist' watchlist

Link to FILING (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/27886060-dhs-threats/

Link to FILING (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/27886060/dhs-threats.pdf

REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143621290

[cbabe]

1. I don't believe them.

https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/nspm-7-domestic-terrorist-list-bondi-confirmation-2026/

The Government Has a Secret Terrorist List. Your Beliefs Could Put You On It.

Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed a secret list of "domestic terrorist organizations" exists. She refused to share it with Congress. The criteria include "anti-capitalism" and "anti-Christianity."

On February 11, 2026, Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed—for the first time—that the federal government maintains a secret list of "domestic terrorist organizations" under NSPM-7. When asked to share the list with Congress, she refused. When asked what groups are on it, she'd only say: "I know antifa is part of that." The criteria for making the list include holding "anti-capitalism," "anti-Americanism," or "anti-Christianity" views. This isn't about violence. It's about beliefs.

The Admission
It happened during a routine House Judiciary Committee hearing on February 11, 2026. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government, pressed Bondi on the list her December memo had ordered the FBI to compile [1].

Did the list exist?
"I'm not going to answer yes or no," Bondi said.
Would she share it with Congress?
"I'm not going to commit to anything."
But when asked directly what groups were on the list, Bondi slipped: "I know antifa is part of that." [1]

For months, the Justice Department had refused to acknowledge the list existed. They wouldn't confirm it to reporters. They wouldn't discuss it with civil liberties groups. But in that moment, the mask dropped. The list is real. It has names on it. And the government won't tell anyone—including Congress—who's on it.

How You Get on the List
The criteria for being designated a "domestic terrorist organization" under NSPM-7 aren't about planning attacks. They're about what you believe.
According to the leaked Bondi memo and Trump's September 2025 directive, the FBI is looking for groups that espouse [2][3]:
Anti-Americanism
Anti-capitalism
Anti-Christianity
Antifascism
"Radical gender ideology"
"Hostility toward those who hold traditional American views"
Open borders views

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[Martin68]

2. Fascists being fascists.