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ICE Wants to Know Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ICE issued a subpoena to outdoor retailer REI to obtain customer data on purchasers of a green beanie sold over the past two years. The request is part of a larger investigation into protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March.
WHY IT MATTERS
The subpoena seeks to link a specific product purchase to protest activity, raising concerns about privacy and the scope of law enforcement investigations.
Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March.
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