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FBI Director Admits Buying Location Data Without Warrants
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed under oath at a Senate hearing that the agency purchases commercially available location data from data brokers, exploiting a legal loophole that bypasses the warrant requirement established by the Supreme Court.
Key Takeaways
- FBI Director Kash Patel admitted under Senate oath that the agency buys location data from commercial data brokers without obtaining warrants
- The practice exploits a legal loophole: while carriers require a warrant, third-party brokers do not under current precedent
- Bipartisan lawmakers reintroduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act to close the data broker loophole with a warrant requirement
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