“Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), the Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, defended the FBI’s location data purchases. Cotton compared buying location data to law enforcement searching through a person’s trash.”

Apparently Tom Cotton thinks it’s ok for the federal government to sift through your trash without a warrant. Ask yourself, do you want the government to take a close look at your life?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/fbi-started-buying-americans-location-data-again-kash-patel-confirms/

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FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms

Tom Cotton supports FBI data purchasing, compares it to searching people's trash.

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