DHS spying on pipeline opponents and forwarding info to Transcanada.

[DevonRex]

35. This was a simple undercover operation. Did you see the pictures?

Using NSA for that? Seriously?

So, you've talked to me quite a bit over the years, right? You know I was with ATF and before that I was with military intelligence in SIGINT. Long time ago.

What you're looking at there with those protesters is an ordinary operation. The only thing that makes it different is that Texas and OK Homeland Security are involved. Because it's oil. Those departments have a lot of money, believe me. And their own intelligence setups. Sure, they might have tried to use them. But it would have been massive overkill. Boys playing with their toys.

My take is there was much less Fed involvement than the author knows, just because of the location and because I've worked those states as a Fed myself. You have to be real careful not to overstep. They don't like the Feds. But they do like the pipeline.