From “Business Reform”
Florida House Bill 945 would create a statewide “counterintelligence and counter-terror” unit with authority to analyze “patterns of life,” gather “actionable intelligence,” and even execute arrests—all while defining an “adversary intelligence entity” so broadly it can include any person whose “views or opinions” are deemed harmful to the interests of the state.
In this video, Jon Padfield, PhD shows the receipts behind the bill: the sponsor’s campaign finance backing from a major private-prison company, and the lobbying footprint of a controversial digital intelligence vendor. He’ll look at what the bill actually says, why civil-rights groups are sounding the alarm, and how the “enemy of the state” framing can shift from a movie title to a real-world label.
He also connects HB 945 to Florida’s recent executive-order controversy, discuss why states creating their own “CTU” raises serious constitutional concerns, and explain what you can do right now—whether you live in Florida or not—to push back against an expanding surveillance-and-enforcement apparatus.