US conducted mass spying campaign against leftwing and anti-ICE protesters
US conducted mass spying campaign against leftwing and anti-ICE protesters
美国对左翼团体及反移民执法局（ICE）抗议者开展大规模间谍行动
Newly disclosed records reveal the US government extensively spied on prominent leftwing organizations and on protesters as part of a vast operation into groups opposing the immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year. 最新披露的记录显示，美国政府曾对多个知名的左翼组织和抗议者进行了广泛的监视，这是今年早些时候针对明尼苏达州反对移民镇压团体所开展的大规模行动的一部分。
Internal investigative reports show the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent undercover agents to community meetings in the Twin Cities and New York City, infiltrated Signal chats and obtained financial records of mainstream unions and left-leaning non-profit groups. 内部调查报告显示，美国国土安全部（DHS）曾派遣卧底特工参加双子城（Twin Cities）和纽约市的社区会议，渗透进 Signal 聊天群组，并获取了主流工会和左翼非营利组织的财务记录。
Nearly 30 internal law enforcement reports were released on Thursday as part of a criminal case the Department of Justice has filed against 15 Minneapolis protesters. The defendants are accused of a “conspiracy” to “impede” US immigration officers during the Trump administration’s surge in the region. 周四公布的近 30 份内部执法报告，是司法部针对 15 名明尼阿波利斯抗议者提起的刑事诉讼的一部分。被告被指控在特朗普政府加强该地区移民执法期间，密谋“阻碍”美国移民官员执行公务。
The DHS investigative reports were disclosed by the government and submitted to the court by an attorney for one of the defendants. The records show that in January, DHS launched an inquiry called “Operation Puppet Master” to identify a “network of conspirators” organizing against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The operation came as community organizing against ICE was swelling in the region in response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. 这些国土安全部的调查报告由政府披露，并由其中一名被告的律师提交给法院。记录显示，今年 1 月，国土安全部启动了一项名为“木偶大师行动”（Operation Puppet Master）的调查，旨在识别一个组织反对美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）的“阴谋网络”。该行动是在当地社区因蕾妮·古德（Renee Good）和亚历克斯·普雷蒂（Alex Pretti）被杀而掀起反 ICE 抗议浪潮的背景下开展的。
A DHS report from February said the agency was looking into people who were “providing material support to violent opportunists and agitators”. The records suggest agents launched elaborate spying efforts targeting activists, protesters and mainstream progressive organizations opposing the Trump administration’s immigration policies. 一份 2 月份的国土安全部报告称，该机构正在调查那些“为暴力投机者和煽动者提供物质支持”的人。记录表明，特工们针对反对特朗普政府移民政策的活动人士、抗议者和主流进步组织开展了精心策划的间谍活动。
“I was shocked at the scope and the apparent lack of investigative discipline involved, but not totally surprised,” said Kevin Riach, an attorney for one of the indicted protesters, who filed the tranche of records in federal court. “我对所涉及的范围以及明显的调查纪律缺失感到震惊，但并不完全感到意外，”其中一名被起诉抗议者的律师凯文·里亚赫（Kevin Riach）表示，他向联邦法院提交了这批记录。
A DHS spokesperson said that Homeland Security Investigations, its branch that carried out the investigations, “does not comment on the existence or status of specific on-going investigations, nor on investigative methods”. The agency referred questions to the justice department in Minnesota, which declined to comment. 国土安全部发言人表示，负责执行调查的国土安全调查处（Homeland Security Investigations）“不对特定正在进行的调查的存在或状态发表评论，也不对调查方法发表评论”。该机构将相关问题转交给了明尼苏达州的司法部，后者拒绝置评。
The records indicate that the investigations followed the directive of Trump’s executive order last year that designated “antifa” a “domestic terrorist organization” responsible for “riots” against ICE. The investigations led to the criminal case filed in June against 15 protesters, which focused on Direct Action Minnesota, a loose coalition of organizers that the government says was part of a “conspiracy” in opposing ICE’s surge in the region. 记录显示，这些调查遵循了特朗普去年签署的行政命令，该命令将“反法西斯主义运动”（antifa）定性为应对反 ICE“骚乱”负责的“国内恐怖组织”。这些调查导致了 6 月份针对 15 名抗议者的刑事诉讼，重点针对“明尼苏达直接行动”（Direct Action Minnesota）组织，政府称该松散的组织联盟是反对 ICE 在该地区加强执法“阴谋”的一部分。
The documents show that the government alleged major groups were connected to the criminal conspiracy, including the national labor unions AFL-CIO and Service Employees International Union; the local unions Minneapolis Federation of Educators and the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees; and several large left-leaning groups, including the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ). 文件显示，政府指控多个主要团体与该刑事阴谋有关，包括全国性工会美国劳工联合会-产业工会联合会（AFL-CIO）和服务业雇员国际工会（SEIU）；地方工会明尼阿波利斯教育工作者联合会和明尼苏达州专业雇员协会；以及包括美国民主社会主义者（DSA）和“为种族正义挺身而出”（SURJ）在内的几个大型左翼团体。
None of those organizations have been charged with any crimes. 上述组织均未受到任何刑事指控。
The records have added fuel to the concerns of civil rights groups, who have argued that the federal government was criminalizing lawful protest activity under the guise of targeting leftwing “terrorism”. 这些记录进一步加剧了民权团体的担忧，他们认为联邦政府正以打击左翼“恐怖主义”为幌子，将合法的抗议活动定性为犯罪。
The documents show that DHS investigators obtained financial records of unions and non-profits, as part of an inquiry into “domestic terrorist financing”. One investigative record showed the DHS used administrative subpoenas to obtain “wire transfers from various financial institutions to and from” SEIU, one of the largest unions in the US. Investigators also requested that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provide financial data from the Communications Workers of America, an international union, the records showed. 文件显示，作为对“国内恐怖主义融资”调查的一部分，国土安全部调查人员获取了工会和非营利组织的财务记录。一份调查记录显示，国土安全部利用行政传票获取了美国最大的工会之一——服务业雇员国际工会（SEIU）“与各金融机构之间的往来电汇记录”。记录还显示，调查人员要求纽约联邦储备银行提供国际工会“美国通信工人协会”（Communications Workers of America）的财务数据。
The DHS further obtained financial records related to the Sunrise Movement, a national non-profit focused on the climate crisis. 国土安全部还获取了与“日出运动”（Sunrise Movement）相关的财务记录，这是一个专注于气候危机的全国性非营利组织。
The records also provided detailed documentation of spying operations conducted by undercover agents who posed as activists and surveilled community activities. 这些记录还详细记录了卧底特工伪装成活动人士并监视社区活动的间谍行动。
One DHS report documented “undercover agent activity” on 31 January at a Sunrise Movement “resistance skills training” at the Minneapolis public library. An agent described activists discussing recruitment and “de-escalation” at protests, with speakers suggesting having a “police liaison” and “safety marshal” at events. The report said: “It was clear that the Sunrise Movement organization focused on ‘peaceful’ protests.” 一份国土安全部报告记录了 1 月 31 日在明尼阿波利斯公共图书馆举行的“日出运动”“抵抗技能培训”中的“卧底特工活动”。一名特工描述了活动人士讨论招募和抗议中的“降温”策略，演讲者建议在活动中设置“警方联络员”和“安全纠察员”。报告称：“很明显，日出运动组织专注于‘和平’抗议。”
The undercover agent actively engaged participants, according to the report. At one point, the agent told someone in attendance that he “works in construction and could build items that might assist other groups with more ‘direct-action’ protests”. 据报告，该卧底特工积极与参与者互动。有一次，该特工告诉一名与会者，他“从事建筑工作，可以制造一些可能协助其他团体进行更多‘直接行动’抗议的物品”。