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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is being slammed for inadvertently doxing the ICE officer who fatally shot a protester in Minneapolis after she described how he had previously been rammed by a car and dragged by an anti-ICE rioter in June.
The disclosure led journalists and social media users to simply look up recent cases with that description and find the court filing that identified the officer's name.
Critics were quick to point out the irony that Noem over the past year has repeatedly blasted journalists and the public, accusing them of doxing her and other department officials and ICE officers who are under constant threat.
Noem has also faced scorn and ridicule for unmasking him from some in her own agency.
'We keep arguing we have ICE officers wear face masks and that their identity needs to be protected because of concerns about doxing and personal attacks, and yet she’s more than willing to go out and identify this officer by sharing what happened to him last June,’ one DHS official told the Daily Mail.
'Clearly there’s only a handful of officers who this has happened to in the last year. People can do the research, which they did.'
The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Over the summer, Noem went so far as to accuse the Daily Mail of putting her life in danger by exposing that she and her senior adviser and lover Corey Lewandowski were living near each other in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, DC, claiming that forced her to move into secure quarters as she cited a 830% increase in assaults against DHS law enforcement.
Kristi Noem tipped off members of the media and public about the ICE shooter's identity after revealing details about one of his previous encounters with a protester
Jonathan Ross was named as the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday
Agents have gone to great lengths to protect their own identities, wearing masks during operations to protect themselves and their families from anti-ICE protesters who've likened them to Nazis.
An ICE operation in Minneapolis turned deadly on Wednesday when an officer opened fire on protester Renee Good as she drove past him.
The officer became the focus of rage, but his identity remained a secret until Noem disclosed details of the case from June in Minnesota.
With that, father-of-two Jon Ross was outed.
Soon after, the officer's identity began to circulate on social media, followed soon after by reports in the mainstream media.
The officer and his family have left their home in suburban Minneapolis and gone into hiding.
Meanwhile, Noem has faced scorn and ridicule for unmasking Ross, 43, including from some in her own agency.
A second former senior official described Noem's revelation as 'dangerous'.
Renee Good, 37, was shot dead by Ross on Wednesday while driving an SUV that was blocking a residential street during protests against an ICE operation
Videos show agents approaching Good's stationary vehicle, asking her to exit the car
Once Noem had mentioned the shooter had been dragged in an earlier incident it was simple for journalists and others to find his name in court documents
'Everything's like a reality TV show for her,' the official told the Daily Mail.
'It's dangerous because now this is going to place this officer and his family at risk, with all these crazies out there.'
'It's a big deal and I attribute it to her lack of experience,' the source added.
'Unfortunately, it's the officer and his family who will pay for it.'
A third former official remarked that even before the officer's identity was revealed the public had already begun trying to track him down.
'These f**king lunatics already made a "wanted" poster up for the officer and plastered his picture all over the internet,' the official said.
'That's the unhinged s**t that's done for one purpose: identify who he is and then we can go after him.'
On X, one user cracked: 'Hilarious that Kristi Noem is 100% responsible for providing the information necessary to reveal the identity of Jonathan Ross, the pig who murdered Renee Good.'
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