The FBI Just Admitted It Bought US Location Data
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Rather than obtaining a warrant, the bureau purchased sensitive data—a controversial practice that privacy advocates say is deeply problematic.
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Not just unethical but illegal - NSA admits to spying on Americans - ReadWrite
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Google Gave FBI Location Data for Thousands of Cell Phones Near Jan. 6 Riots, Court Records Show
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FamilyTreeDNA Admits to Sharing Genetic Data With F.B.I. - The New York Times
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Intel agencies buying 'sensitive and intimate' data on US citizens
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How the FBI Stumbled in the War on Cybercrime — ProPublica
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Copy of what's believed to be Hunter Biden's laptop data turned over by repair shop to FBI showed no tampering, analysis says - CBS News
Crime and Corruption Across America, 1972-1988 — FBI
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Panic made us vulnerable': how 9/11 made the US surveillance state – and the Americans who fought back, Surveillance
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FBI admits to buying location data of US citizens without a warrant
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Rival US Lawmakers Mobilize to Stop Police From Buying Phone Data