Defense Intelligence Agency Buys Phone Location Data Without Warrants, Memo Says
A U.S. intelligence agency is buying phone location data without using warrants, according to a newly released document.
In a memo dated Jan. 15 (pdf) to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) said analysts had searched U.S. device location data five times in the past 2 1/2 years.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2018 in Carpenter v. United States that the government improperly obtained cell phone location records from wireless carriers serving Timothy Carpenter, a criminal suspect, because it violated his Fourth Amendment rights by not securing a warrant before obtaining the records.