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New DEA Chief’s Background Includes Surveillance Tech and Border Misinformation

Summary by The Texas Observer

Derek Maltz, Trump’s pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, served in a leadership role at a surveillance tech company that has won over $200 million in federal contracts. After retiring from the DEA in 2014, Maltz went to work for Nebraska-based PenLink, which sells surveillance tools to law enforcement, including a software that can track cell phones without a warrant. That software has been purchased by Immigration and Customs Enfo…

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New DEA Chief’s Background Includes Surveillance Tech and Border Misinformation

Derek Maltz, Trump’s pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, served in a leadership role at a surveillance tech company that has won over $200 million in federal contracts. After retiring from the DEA in 2014, Maltz went to work for Nebraska-based PenLink, which sells surveillance tools to law enforcement, including a software that can track cell phones without a warrant. That software has been purchased by Immigration and Customs Enfo…

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The Texas Observer broke the news in 18 days ago on Thursday, February 6, 2025.

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