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  "id": 6444110,
  "title": "Podcast: DHS’ Secretive ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit Pulling People Over",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/podcast-dhs-secretive-predictive-policing-unit-pulling-people-over",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-09T16:37:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "404 Media",
    "slug": "404-media",
    "url": "https://www.404media.co/podcast-dhs-secretive-predictive-policing-unit-pulling-people-over/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This week, Joseph reports on the secretive DHS predictive policing unit that scrutinizes Americans' financial information and has local police pull them over. In the next segment, Jason discusses a shirt designed to deceive AI-camera surveillance systems. In the exclusive subscribers-only section, the focus shifts to the podcast's third anniversary events. To access the full episode, tune in on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. For subscribers, an email from Transistor will grant access to bonus content and provide a link to the subscribers-only version via email or unlisted YouTube video. Subscribers can also add the subscribers-only feed to their preferred podcast app to avoid missing future episodes.",
  "summary": "Secretive predictive policing units; a funk shirt designed to fool AI; and our third anniversary party.",
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      {
        "outlet": "404 Media",
        "title": "A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/a-secretive-dhs-predictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans",
        "published": "2026-09-08T13:10:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Slashdot",
        "title": "Secretive DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits, Pulling Them Over",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/secretive-dhs-predictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans",
        "published": "2026-09-08T15:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}