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The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics

Joe Wilkins

created: Feb. 8, 2026, 8 p.m. | updated: Feb. 12, 2026, 12:53 a.m.

“Don’t play Russian roulette with [this man’s] life,” Jon told lead DHS prosecutor, Joseph Dernbach, in the email. Apply principles of common sense and decency.”Five hours later, per WaPo, Jon received a response — not from Dernbach or the DHS, but from Google. “Google has received legal process from a Law Enforcement authority compelling the release of information related to your Google Account,” it read. “How do you challenge a subpoena you don’t have a copy of?” an attorney Jon consulted, Judi Bernstein-Baker, told WaPo. More on DHS: There’s Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security’s New Drone Video That We’re Gonna Have to Sit Down for a Minute

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