{
  "version": "3.33",
  "compiled": "2026-10-09",
  "site": "https://stateofwatch.com",
  "claim": {
    "id": "brennan-surveillance-tally",
    "section": 7,
    "title": "Brennan Center: DHS committed at least $2.9B to surveillance and data",
    "date": "Data through Jul 26, 2026",
    "sort": "2026-07-26",
    "status": "verified",
    "checked": "3.32",
    "note": "Brennan Center report and interactive charts read directly Oct. 3, 2026. The report was published Sept. 16 and says its data are current through July 26. Earlier versions dated the entry July 29 and included figures not present in the current report.",
    "category": "funding",
    "body": "The Brennan Center found that DHS committed more than $2.9 billion to surveillance, data collection and analytics from January 2021 through July 26, 2026, and cautioned that the total is a minimum because federal contracting data are incomplete. Its current category totals are $1.1 billion for biometrics, $793.2 million for video surveillance, $622.8 million for data analytics, $228.6 million for data purchases, $130.4 million for access to phone content, and $44.8 million for location tracking.",
    "quotes": [],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Brennan Center, Sept. 16, 2026",
        "url": "https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/dhss-domestic-surveillance-data-collection-and-analytics-tools"
      }
    ],
    "places": [],
    "url": "https://stateofwatch.com/claims/brennan-surveillance-tally"
  }
}