""We do purchase commercially available information that's consistent with the constitution and the laws under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act," Patel admitted under oath, "and it has led to some valuable intelligence for us.""
""Doing that without a warrant is an outrageous end run around the Fourth Amendment, it's particularly dangerous given the use of artificial intelligence to comb through massive amounts of private information," said Democratic senator Ron Wyden."
""The bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act counters these abuses by requiring a warrant to search Americans' data and by closing the data broker loophole that allows the federal government to spy on citizens by purchasing private data that would otherwise require a warrant or subpoena," Republican-party representative Warren Davidson stated."
The FBI has been acquiring location data on American citizens from commercial data brokers, circumventing the warrant requirement established by the Supreme Court in 2017. Director Kash Patel confirmed this practice during a Senate hearing, stating it has provided valuable intelligence. Civil liberty groups have challenged this loophole, which allows law enforcement to access private information without a warrant. A bipartisan coalition has introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act to enforce warrant requirements for data purchases from brokers, aiming to protect citizens' privacy rights.
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