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Report shows feds gathered intel on Portland protesters

FILE - Federal agents arrest a demonstrator during a Black Lives Matter protest in Portland, Ore., on July 29, 2020. U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials under then-President Donald Trump sought to compile intelligence dossiers on everyone attending Black Lives Matter protests, according to a newly unredacted report. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, who obtained the report, said in an email to reporters that surveillance of Portland protesters in 2020 "included lists of friends, family and social media associates for people who posed no threat to homeland security." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) FILE - A demonstrator is pepper sprayed shortly before being arrested during a Black Lives Matter protest on July 29, 2020, in Portland, Ore. U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials under then-President Donald Trump sought to compile intelligence dossiers on everyone attending Black Lives Matter protests, according to a newly unredacted report. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, who obtained the report, said in an email to reporters that surveillance of Portland protesters in 2020 "included lists of friends, family and social media associates for people who posed no threat to homeland security." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) FILE - A bloodied demonstrator is arrested by federal police during a Black Lives Matter protest on July 27, 2020, in Portland, Ore. U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials under then-President Donald Trump sought to compile intelligence dossiers on everyone attending Black Lives Matter protests, according to a newly unredacted report. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, who obtained the report, said in an email to reporters that surveillance of Portland protesters in 2020 "included lists of friends, family and social media associates for people who posed no threat to homeland security." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)