Article Summary

This article describes how the U.S. has collected vast amounts of digital data from battlefields in Iraq and Syria, including phones and hard drives, and is sharing some of this intelligence with Germany's police agency to track alleged ISIS fighters. It emphasizes the scale and value of this data while relying on official sources like the FBI and court records, but doesn’t address privacy concerns, due process, or how individuals are confirmed to be fighters. The story subtly normalizes extensive, secretive data collection and international surveillance by framing it as a routine counterterrorism tool.