Adversaries have used commercially available location data to target American forces in active combat areas. The confirmation came in an April 14 letter from US Central Command. It marks the first official Pentagon acknowledgment of this specific threat in a live theater. Senator Ron Wyden shared the document with reporters. The Oregon Democrat, joined by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, sent a pointed letter to Pentagon officials on May 28. They demanded answers. They highlighted years of ignored warnings. “Commercial location data can be used to identify where US troops congregate and their pattern of life, which can be exploited by adversaries to target attacks such as missiles, drones, and roadside bombs, as well as for counterintelligence purposes,” the Centcom letter stated, according to Reuters . Short. Direct. And alarming. The reports arrived through standard threat channels. Centcom used them to refine force protection steps across its area, which stretches from the Middle East to Central Asia.…