"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 to be utilized with our private partner sector."
"So you're saying that the agency will buy Americans' location data? I believe that's what you said in kind of 'intelligence lingo.' Doing that without a warrant is an end run around the Fourth Amendment, it's particularly dangerous given the use of artificial intelligence to comb through massive amounts of private information."
"To my knowledge, we do not currently purchase commercial database information that includes location data derived from internet advertising."
FBI Director Kash Patel testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that the FBI uses commercially available information from data brokers to accomplish its mission. When pressed by Senator Ron Wyden about purchasing Americans' location data, Patel avoided directly answering but confirmed the FBI purchases commercially available information consistent with the Constitution and Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Wyden interpreted this as an admission that the FBI buys location data and characterized it as an unconstitutional end-run around the Fourth Amendment, especially concerning given AI's ability to process massive amounts of private information. This echoes a similar 2023 admission by former FBI Director Christopher Wray to the same senator.
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