<![CDATA[Important reporting on the paramilitary forces being used by DHS in American cities.]]>Important reporting on the paramilitary forces being used by DHS in American cities. https://www.wired.com/story/border-patrol-bortac-borstar-use-of-force-midway-blitz/ 1/

‘BORTAC and its sister unit, Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue, or BORSTAR, were once reserved for desert rescues, executing high-risk warrants, conflicts with armed drug cartels, and manhunts.’

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/507f7e16-02ea-4cd6-abca-2089dabcaf92/important-reporting-on-the-paramilitary-forces-being-used-by-dhs-in-american-cities.RSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 23:45:37 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2026 15:10:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Important reporting on the paramilitary forces being used by DHS in American cities. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:36:18 GMT]]>@heidilifeldman

Sounds like Russia's OMON paramilitary police the Gorbachev sent to kill people in the breakaway Baltic states.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Brentguernsey/statuses/116335848863503114https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Brentguernsey/statuses/116335848863503114Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:36:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important reporting on the paramilitary forces being used by DHS in American cities. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:15:35 GMT]]>‘Under Donald Trump..they have been sent into the streets of major US cities. The result is the largest known deployment of BORTAC and BORSTAR agents in US history….The decision to use an offensive, heavily armed paramilitary units for street-level immigration sweeps in American cities is a first—a bellwether of the Trump administration’s project to militarize domestic law enforcement operations.’ 6/6

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heidilifeldman/statuses/116335767447182312https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heidilifeldman/statuses/116335767447182312Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:15:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important reporting on the paramilitary forces being used by DHS in American cities. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:13:27 GMT]]>‘Hennepin County attorney Mary Moriarty is actively investigating 17 separate incidents involving federal agents for potential criminal conduct. At least two of those incidents—the January 21 gassing of a crowd in South Minneapolis and a chaotic enforcement action outside Roosevelt High School—involve BORTAC personnel, per videos and photographs taken on scene.’ 5/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heidilifeldman/statuses/116335759051608769https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heidilifeldman/statuses/116335759051608769Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:13:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important reporting on the paramilitary forces being used by DHS in American cities. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:13:12 GMT]]>‘Of the 234 federal law enforcement personnel WIRED identified in these reports, BORTAC and BORSTAR agents represent almost a quarter of all personnel involved in documented confrontations with civilians during Operation Midway Blitz.’ 4/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heidilifeldman/statuses/116335758029716064https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heidilifeldman/statuses/116335758029716064Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:13:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important reporting on the paramilitary forces being used by DHS in American cities. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:12:10 GMT]]>‘BORTAC and BORSTAR agents are not police—they are paramilitaries who operate by a different standard and with different rules of engagement, trained and suited not for law enforcement but for war.

A WIRED review of over 78 incident reports from Operation Midway Blitz found that BORTAC and BORSTAR agents were, as a group, the most violent of the hundreds of federal agents deployed to Chicago.’ 3/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heidilifeldman/statuses/116335753971856627https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heidilifeldman/statuses/116335753971856627Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:12:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important reporting on the paramilitary forces being used by DHS in American cities. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:11:27 GMT]]>‘THE AGENTS SENT to Chicago—and Los Angeles, North Carolina, Boston, Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Sacramento—come from a secretive, tightly knit world. Their names … are typically excluded from official documents and shielded from public records requests. In the streets of American cities, they are usually masked, identified only by “call signs” that are sometimes visible on their uniforms and mean nothing to people demanding badge numbers.’ 2/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heidilifeldman/statuses/116335751156485263https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heidilifeldman/statuses/116335751156485263Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:11:27 GMT