🚨 The FBI is back to buying location data on Americans, no warrant required

FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the agency resumed purchasing bulk location histories from data brokers. When Sen. Ron Wyden pressed him on ending the practice, Patel replied: “We use all tools… to do our mission.” No commitment to stop.

The surveillance state doesn’t need a warrant when it can just swipe a credit card

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/fbi-is-buying-location-data-to-track-us-citizens-kash-patel-wyden/

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FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms | TechCrunch

FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant.

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