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Intel Analysts Are Using Cellphone Data to Track Americans Without Warrants

IN BAD FAITH

The Defense Intelligence Agency is buying smartphone location data in bulk from brokers as a way to circumvent the need for a warrant.

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Despite a 2018 law that prohibits intelligence agencies from reviewing Americans’ smartphone location information without a warrant, the Defense Intelligence Agency has continued to do so.

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