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James Dolan has reportedly built a "sprawling surveillance enterprise" at Madison Square Garden led by security chief John Eversole that allegedly functions as a "private army" and is far more invasive and paranoid than previously known, per @WIRED - Staff are reportedly forbidden from looking at James Dolan. He is referred to internally only as “Executive One.” - Security reportedly tracked a trans woman’s movements "down to the second," including when she used the bathroom and ordered drinks. - Security chief John Eversole allegedly carries a gun in a shoulder holster in the office to intimidate staff. - Over 1,500 lawyers from firms in litigation with Dolan are banned from all venues, including a mom taking her 9-year-old Girl Scout to a show. - MSG reportedly creates "work-ups" (intelligence dossiers) on fans who talk trash online. They once sent police to a 14-year-old's house in Colorado for a tweet. - Dolan allegedly ordered Eversole to hack/read employee emails to find excuses to fire them. - Former players like Charles Oakley claim the Garden is "mic'd up," with Patrick Ewing reportedly warning him not to talk too loud. - Security was reportedly told to hide bomb-sniffing K-9 units because James Dolan "disdains" dogs, potentially missing explosives. - MSG hired PIs to follow a State Liquor Authority official to his home to intimidate him during a probe. - Security reportedly "cosplays as cops," stopping traffic and detaining people on public streets without NYPD authorization. - Facial recognition at the Sphere and MSG has flagged children and off-duty police officers. One staffer says: “People are afraid, top to bottom... It’s the gulag.”

Using facial recognition tech, the Knicks surveilled a trans woman, tracking her every move out of fear she'd show up on MSG's tv broadcast And they can do it to any "enemy" of Jim Dolan, who's built his own deep state. From @NoahShachtman & me @WIRED wired.com/story/madison-…