Unresolved and cut
What we haven't settled, and what we refused to publish
Open questions stay listed until a primary source closes them. Cut claims stay listed so they don't come back through someone else's summary.
Still open · 9
"Dying on Camera": core statistics are reconfirmed twice, but the investigation is recent enough to watch for corrections or agency responses.
"Dying on Camera": migrants died in view of border surveillance towers →
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.
Schmidt appeal: argument tentatively set for Dec 8-11, with an unresolved conflict →
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.
Norfolk points the Fourth Circuit to a pending Supreme Court petition on plate-reader searches →
Whether Commonwealth v. Bell was separately appealed.
Commonwealth v. Bell: Norfolk court holds Flock collection is a search →
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.
Lufkin, TX officer pleads guilty to 100 felony counts of Flock misuse; 5 years in prison per count →
Whether "11 people" (Lufkin Daily News) and "seven license plates" (USA TODAY) reconcile, for example through shared household vehicles. Needs the indictment text.
Lufkin, TX officer pleads guilty to 100 felony counts of Flock misuse; 5 years in prison per count →
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.
ICE and CBP contracts with 11 surveillance companies: $310M to $513M →Rapid DNA: $10.1M to SNA International →Mobile Fortify: ICE and CBP's face-scanning phone app →
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.
Culver City and Carson: federal court denies suppression of two ALPR systems →
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.
Culver City and Carson: federal court denies suppression of two ALPR systems →
Cut · 6
Unverified. Not to be used without a primary source.
cut #2
"$57M skip tracing in a single month" (Aug 2026).
Still cut. No primary source.
Related entry →cut #5
D.C. Circuit halted a DHS face-recognition database on Fourth Amendment grounds.
Still cut. Fabricated or unsupported.
Related entry →cut #8
A June 2026 district court ruling on Section 702 backdoor searches.
Still cut. No primary source.
cut #10
"Law requires all new towers to be AI-equipped."
Still cut. Checked three times, not supported.
Related entry →cut #12
"Senate passed a same-night 60-34 FISA renewal about 40 minutes after the June 12 lapse."
Still cut. No primary source.
Related entry →cut #13
"CBP issued a May 2026 alert about civilian smart glasses."
Retracted, stays cut.
Related entry →
Held back on purpose
- The Institute for Justice's contract-cancellation list (227 local governments as of Sept 22, 2026). The count is verified; the individual rows and their source links are not yet independently checked, so they are not mapped.
- The Institute for Justice's database of 244 license-plate-reader abuse incidents. Summarized in our research, not independently checked row by row, so not published here.