A fight has broken out on the American right over Flock's license-plate camera network, pitting privacy hawks against those who want the cameras aimed at Muslims — bad news for anyone hoping surveillance stays a partisan issue.

• Flock runs more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states and logs over 20 billion vehicle scans a month, nearly all of drivers who did nothing wrong.
• Senator Josh Hawley has opened an investigation into how the company collects, keeps, and shares that data, including with federal agencies without a warrant.
• The cameras capture far more than plates — car details, faces, and travel patterns — and the data flows into federal databases.
• Some on the right, including Laura Loomer and Mark Levin, back the cameras explicitly to monitor mosques and critics of Israel.
• Oracle's Larry Ellison, who is financing media takeovers, has said constant recording will keep citizens "on their best behavior."

Outlook: Expect the Hawley probe to force a public fight over data retention and warrantless access, with no sign the camera rollout slows in the meantime.