#warrant-requirements tag

The FBI is buying Americans' location data

We do purchase commercially available information that's consistent with the Constitution and the laws under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and it has led to some valuable intelligence for us. Patel said at a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.

Privacy professionals

fromWIRED

1 week ago

US Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI's Warrantless Wiretap Access

Bipartisan Congress members introduced legislation requiring FBI warrants for backdoor searches of Americans' communications, aligning with a 2025 federal court ruling against warrantless surveillance practices.

Privacy professionals

fromElectronic Frontier Foundation

2 weeks ago

EFF to Third Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant

EFF and ACLU filed an amicus brief arguing that border searches of electronic devices require warrants under the Fourth Amendment, citing increasing warrantless searches at borders.

NYC parents

fromBoston.com

2 weeks ago

After Columbia incident, Healey and Campbell remind schools that ICE needs a judicial warrant to enter dorms

Massachusetts officials issued guidance on refusing ICE entry after federal agents falsely claimed to search for a missing child to access a Columbia University building without a warrant.

fromCbsnews

3 weeks ago

Columbia student detained by DHS agents who made "misrepresentations" to enter building, university president says

Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person.' We are working to gather more details. It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including housing, classrooms, and areas requiring CUID swipe access.

Higher education

US politics

fromNextgov.com

3 weeks ago

White House seeks clean extension on controversial spying law

The Trump administration seeks a clean reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without warrant requirements for searching U.S. person data, despite documented FBI misuse of the surveillance power.