Stated position
On record asserting that the government ordinarily must obtain a judicial warrant to compel cell phone location data, and urging the DHS Inspector General to open a second investigation into ICE and other DHS components purchasing Americans' location data from commercial data brokers without one.
Stated position. What this official has said they believe on this issue — a sourced claim, shown distinctly from any assessment of what they did. It is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
Sources
- Bicameral letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari requesting a second investigation of warrantless purchases of Americans' cell phone location data by ICE and other DHS componentshttps://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden_letter_to_dhs_oig_on_ice_purchasing_location_datapdf.pdf ↗
“It is for that reason that ordinarily, the government must obtain a warrant from a judge in order to demand such data from phone or technology companies.”