联邦调查局承认在没有逮捕令的情况下购买美国人的位置数据, FBI admits buying Americans' location data without warrants, sparking privacy concerns.

联邦调查局主任卡什·帕特尔在2026年3月19日宣誓证实,FBI从第三方供应商购买美国人的商业可用位置数据,而无需授权.他说这种做法符合宪法和电子通信隐私法案的规定. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed under oath on March 19, 2026, that the FBI purchases commercially available location data on Americans from third-party vendors without warrants, a practice he said complies with the Constitution and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. 参议院情报委员会听证会上公布的这一做法引起了罗恩·怀登 (Ron Wyden) 等参议员和其他人对此进行强烈批评, 他们认为这种做法违反了宪法第四修正案. The disclosure, made during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, drew sharp criticism from Senator Ron Wyden and others who argue the practice circumvents the Fourth Amendment, especially as artificial intelligence enables mass surveillance. 联邦调查局和其他机构如国防情报部已经使用这些数据进行情报, 但立法者正在推动两党政府监控改革法案以弥补"数据中介漏洞", 并要求政府获得个人数据的授权. The FBI and other agencies like the DIA have used such data for intelligence, but lawmakers are pushing the bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act to close the "data broker loophole" and require warrants for government access to personal data.