FBI Director Kash Patel enjoys access to a litany of professional perks, among them use of a Gulfstream G550 jet, a 15-passenger luxury aircraft owned by the Department of Justice that he has reportedly taken to visit his aspiring country musician girlfriend. Responding to growing outrage about his personal use of the government jet, Patel has insisted those who track his flights are dangerous and cowardly.

Unfortunately for Patel, tracking flights is legal, easy, and an important tool of government transparency.

The location of aircraft within and around the United States is public because the law requires it to be: The Federal Aviation Administration mandates that aircraft must be trackable for safety reasons, namely, to prevent them from crashing into each other all the time. Aircraf

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