Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. James Adams III and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
FBI Director Kash Patel told lawmakers during a hearing that the agency is purchasing commercially available information that is then used in law enforcement operations.
US President Donald Trump (C) listens as US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)(3L) speaks flanked by US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (3R) and Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology David Sachs (2R) during a signing ceremony on AI the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2025. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
Orice Williams Brown of the Government Accountability Office is pictured in Washington D.C., on Oct. 20, 2016. (Photo by John McDonnell / The Washington Post via Getty Images)