Kash Patel admits under oath FBI is buying location data on Americans
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FBI Director Kash Patel admitted under oath to the Senate Intelligence Committee that the FBI is currently purchasing commercially available location data on Americans. The admission came during questioning from Senator Ron Wyden, who expressed concern that this practice circumvents the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement. Wyden and Representative Warren Davidson are advocating for the Government Surveillance Reform Act to close the "data broker loophole" that allows agencies to buy private data without warrants. While law enforcement typically needs a warrant to obtain location data directly from telecom companies, they have been purchasing it from private data brokers. Wyden argues that buying location data without a warrant is an "outrageous end run" around the Fourth Amendment, especially with the use of AI to analyze the data.
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