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DHS Reportedly Ordered CISA to Buy and Hack a Voting Machine

ProPublica reports that the Department of Homeland Security directed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to acquire a voting machine and test it for security flaws, citing two anonymous former officials. The same report says CISA staff were angered by the order, and that Elon Musk's DOGE initiative had already laid off CISA employees with the technical expertise to carry it out, leaving officials to tell the White House the task was not feasible.

futurism.com · 2026-10-20

Undercover Infiltrator Spent Years Secretly Recording US Militia Leaders

A wilderness survival trainer named John Williams spent years secretly embedding himself inside right-wing militia groups, rising into leadership circles that included doctors and government attorneys, according to ProPublica. He covertly recorded conversations and compiled a massive trove of documents, which he eventually shared with the news organization, while keeping an emergency bag ready in case he needed to flee.

propublica.org · 2026-10-18