dragnet

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Here are some of the prominent figures and firms that have been caught up in the dragnet this year.

From New York Times

Throughout the 2000s, the country has constructed the world’s most powerful information dragnet over the web.

From New York Times

Similarly, in three dozen false arrest lawsuits, Americans caught in the ICE dragnet alleged that officers took them into custody on the basis of cursory computer searches.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Raskin accused Mr. Comer of using a “wildly overbroad subpoena” to conduct “a dragnet of political opposition research on behalf of former President Trump.”

From New York Times

But some doctors said that legitimate prescriptions were being caught in the dragnet, while pharmacists said they were declining to dispense some medications for fear of setting off triggers.

From New York Times