{
  "version": "3.33",
  "compiled": "2026-10-09",
  "site": "https://stateofwatch.com",
  "open": [
    {
      "id": "o-dying-on-camera",
      "text": "\"Dying on Camera\": core statistics are reconfirmed twice, but the investigation is recent enough to watch for corrections or agency responses.",
      "claims": [
        "dying-on-camera"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "o-schmidt-argument",
      "text": "Schmidt v. Norfolk's Fourth Circuit argument date. Only tentatively calendared for Dec 8-11, 2026, with the City's counsel unavailable for the whole session. Re-check the docket before citing a date.",
      "claims": [
        "schmidt-argument-date"
      ],
      "case": "schmidt"
    },
    {
      "id": "o-porter-cert",
      "text": "Whether the Supreme Court takes Porter v. United States (No. 26-5121), the plate-reader question Norfolk flagged as similar to Schmidt. Distributed for the Sept 28, 2026 conference; no order yet.",
      "claims": [
        "schmidt-similar-case"
      ],
      "case": "schmidt"
    },
    {
      "id": "o-bell-appeal",
      "text": "Whether Commonwealth v. Bell was separately appealed.",
      "claims": [
        "bell-suppression"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "o-klein-10000",
      "text": "What the IJ.org \"more than 10,000\" search figure for Klein actually counts. Likely a narrower subset of his roughly 45,000 total queries.",
      "claims": [
        "klein-lufkin"
      ],
      "case": "klein"
    },
    {
      "id": "o-klein-targets",
      "text": "Whether \"11 people\" (Lufkin Daily News) and \"seven license plates\" (USA TODAY) reconcile, for example through shared household vehicles. Needs the indictment text.",
      "claims": [
        "klein-lufkin"
      ],
      "case": "klein"
    },
    {
      "id": "o-funding-figures",
      "text": "Still not re-verified by direct fetch: the Mijente $310M to $513M figure; Capgemini's possible larger follow-on; Mobile Fortify's \"200M+ images.\" The Brennan Center's $2.9B tally and current category totals were read directly Oct. 3, 2026 and are no longer open.",
      "claims": [
        "mijente-contracts",
        "rapid-dna",
        "mobile-fortify"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "o-weeks-cite",
      "text": "The Riley order cites \"Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383, 393 (1960).\" That citation is the 1914 case. Flagged as a likely error in the order, not corrected on our authority.",
      "claims": [
        "riley-holly"
      ],
      "case": "riley-holly"
    },
    {
      "id": "o-motorola-retention",
      "text": "Whether other California agencies on Motorola's platform set long or indefinite retention, and when LASD adopted its 2-year active / 5-year maximum policy.",
      "claims": [
        "riley-holly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cut": [
    {
      "n": 2,
      "text": "\"$57M skip tracing in a single month\" (Aug 2026).",
      "status": "Still cut. No primary source.",
      "claim": "skip-tracing-57m"
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "text": "D.C. Circuit halted a DHS face-recognition database on Fourth Amendment grounds.",
      "status": "Still cut. Fabricated or unsupported.",
      "claim": "fr-database-halt"
    },
    {
      "n": 8,
      "text": "A June 2026 district court ruling on Section 702 backdoor searches.",
      "status": "Still cut. No primary source.",
      "claim": null
    },
    {
      "n": 10,
      "text": "\"Law requires all new towers to be AI-equipped.\"",
      "status": "Still cut. Checked three times, not supported.",
      "claim": "dying-on-camera"
    },
    {
      "n": 12,
      "text": "\"Senate passed a same-night 60-34 FISA renewal about 40 minutes after the June 12 lapse.\"",
      "status": "Still cut. No primary source.",
      "claim": "section-702-lapse"
    },
    {
      "n": 13,
      "text": "\"CBP issued a May 2026 alert about civilian smart glasses.\"",
      "status": "Retracted, stays cut.",
      "claim": "cbp-glasses-alert"
    }
  ]
}