FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms
The FBI has confirmed to the Senate that it is once again purchasing location data that can be used to track US citizens. Kash Patel, nominated as FBI Director, confirmed this practice during Senate hearings. The agency maintains this data collection is legal and necessary for investigations.
The FBI's purchase of location data represents an end-run around constitutional protections and the warrant requirement. This practice allows law enforcement to access sensitive personal information about citizens' movements without proper judicial oversight.
The data purchases are legal and essential for national security investigations and criminal cases. Senator Tom Cotton compared it to searching people's trash, arguing it's publicly available information that doesn't require a warrant.
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