A modern Watergate: How ‘Arctic Frost’ secretly targeted Americans — and how to stop it

Published April 2, 2026 6:00am ET



Every day brings fresh proof that the Biden Justice Department’s “Arctic Frost” operation was one of the most brazen surveillance operations carried out on political opponents in modern American history. And what’s most alarming is the secret method that allowed phone records to be seized without anyone even knowing.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) recently released new documents showing that former special counsel Jack Smith didn’t stop at targeting Republican lawmakers and right-leaning nonprofit organizations — he even demanded more than two years of phone records from now-FBI Director Kash Patel.

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