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What We Learned From the Comey Hearing

You can break down the news from Monday’s hearing with FBI Director James Comey into two categories: 1) Big things we already knew but needed confirmed 2) Smaller, but previously…

At Outset of Comey Hearing, Schiff Provides Russia-Trump Timeline

If you’ve been tracking the Russia story closely, nothing Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said during his 15-minute-long opening statement Monday came as a surprise, but the…
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Guest Post: What is FBI Director Comey Doing?

Amidst the furor following the FBI and Justice Department’s decision not to charge Hillary Clinton for the handling of her State Department emails, there has been much less attention…
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FBI’s Push to “Fix a Typo” Would Really Expand Its Surveillance Authority

At last week’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Worldwide Threats, FBI Director James Comey reiterated his call for a major expansion of the FBI’s surveillance authorities,…
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James Comey’s Default-Encryption Bogeyman

FBI Director James Comey recently told the Senate Judiciary Committee that encryption routinely poses a problem for law enforcement. He stated that encryption has “moved from…
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Cy Vance’s Proposal to Backdoor Encrypted Devices Is Riddled With Vulnerabilities

Less than a week after the attacks in Paris — while the public and policymakers were still reeling, and the investigation had barely gotten off the ground — Cy Vance, Manhattan’s…
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Too Much Posturing and Not Enough Substance on Encryption

Obama administration officials revealed late last week that will not force technology firms to weaken digital encryption to give government greater access to user data. This is…
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Describing Violence: The Charleston Shootings and the Label of Terrorism

Soon after the Charleston church shooting, FBI Director James Comey argued that Dylann Roof’s actions probably weren’t terrorism, eliciting criticism that law enforcement employs…
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It’s Time to End the “Debate” on Encryption Backdoors

Yesterday, on Lawfare, FBI Director James Comey laid out his concern that the growing adoption of strong encryption technologies will frustrate law enforcement’s ability to conduct…
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Transcript: FBI Director Says Authors of Encryption Letter Are Uninformed or Not Fair-Minded

Earlier today, FBI Director James Comey implied that a broad coalition of technology companies, trade associations, civil society groups, and security experts were either uninformed…
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Security “Front Doors” vs. “Back Doors”: A Distinction Without a Difference

Thursday, FBI Director James Comey delivered a talk at the Brookings Institution, titled “Going Dark: Are Technology, Privacy, and Public Safety on a Collision Course?” His…
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