Organized and technological: ICE resistance groups posing growing danger, warns former top NSA, DHS official

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EXCLUSIVE: A former high-ranking National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security official is warning that coordinated, technology-driven anti-ICE resistance is endangering operations through digital sabotage in cities across the United States. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Stewart Baker, a cybersecurity and national security expert, said that the use of new and emerging technology by agitators "has changed the atmosphere in which ICE is operating." "It's already a game changer," said Baker. Following reports that anti-ICE agitators are using the encrypted messaging app known as Signal to track and impede agents, Baker said, "We're going to see more of that, and it's not easy to stop. Much of what's being done there is perfectly lawful speech, but it is on the edge of causing serious harm." ANONYMOUS LETTER TO CALIFORNIA GOP CHAPTER CALLS FOR WAR ON ICE, URGES AGENTS BE SENT 'HOME IN A BODY BAG' Baker served as NSA general counsel under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton , and DHS assistant secretary for policy under President George W. Bush. Beyond Signal, there is chatter among activists about the use of sophisticated but cheap technology that serves as counter-surveillance measures. Some of these methods are detailed in a thought piece titled "How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE" by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit digital civil liberties organization. Among the methods identified by EFF are a piece of hardware called "OUI-SPY" and a database called "DeFlock" that can be used by activists to detect and log the presence of law enforcement cameras and other technology that would otherwise be hidden. EFF also describes an open-source app called WiGLE, which it says has the ability to alert the user when specific Wi-Fi or Bluetooth signals from federal law enforcement are detected. The group notes that it is not affiliated with these projects and does not endorse them or make any statements about the legality…