FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the agency resumed purchasing Americans' location data from data brokers. Meanwhile, Senator Wyden pressed the NSA on the 2024 FISA expansion, which may not have produced significant intelligence despite its broad surveillance powers.
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FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms
FBI resumes purchasing bulk location data from brokers despite privacy concerns, revealing the agency's continued reliance on workarounds to mass-track Americans without warrants.
Thursday, March 19, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Ars TechnicaBY sys://pipeline
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