CREEPY OR NECESSARY?Obama Team Did ‘Extreme Vetting’ of Muslims Before TrumpSocial-media screening of aspiring immigrants, many from majority Muslim countries, was broader under the previous administration than previously known.Aliya Sternstein
HANDS ONCould ICE Get the Fingerprints of Nannies and Teachers?The top immigration cop wants to crack down on undocumented persons at work, and former officials warn it could mean tapping into background checks for nannies and the like.Aliya Sternstein
Say CheeseAirlines Are Giving Your Face to Homeland SecurityCameras photograph travelers, capture their data, and scan it against databases. Even the feds say there’s a risk it could be used for something other than security.Aliya Sternstein
SPOOKYCIA Plans to Destroy Some of Its Old Leak FilesThe National Archives has tentatively approved a proposal to let the agency get rid of files that don’t have historical value. Historians fear there’s a lot of room for error.Aliya Sternstein
