"Self-described free speech activist Nathan Bernard shared the clip on X and captioned it by writing, ICE agent in Portland, Maine tells legal observer she is a domestic terrorist for peacefully recording him, adds her to nice little database.' In the clip, you can hear the following exchange between an unidentified woman and the ICE officer: Woman: It's not illegal to record. ICE Officer: Exactly, yeah, that's what we're doing. Woman: Yeah, why are you taking my information down? ICE Officer: Because we have a nice little database. Woman: Oh, good. ICE Officer: And now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So stop playing around with me. Woman: For videotaping you? Are you crazy?"
"Having armed, masked federal agents roam the streets and threaten American citizens that they're being put into a database' and are being deemed a domestic terrorist' for the crime of videotaping them should disgust everyone. Having armed, masked federal agents roam the streets and threaten American citizens that they're being put into a "database" and are being deemed a "domestic terrorist" for the crime of videotaping them should disgust everyone. https://t.co/OTZyyy4ovO Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 23, 2026"
An ICE officer in Portland, Maine told a woman who was recording him that she would be placed in a database and labeled a domestic terrorist. Self-described free speech activist Nathan Bernard posted the clip on X with a caption asserting the officer added the legal observer to a database. The recorded exchange shows the officer telling the woman she is now considered a domestic terrorist for videotaping. The clip spread quickly on social media, drawing responses from journalists and pundits who framed the encounter as a civil rights and political concern.
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