03.03.2016 - 08:21 [ Techdirt ]

Congress Seems Pretty Angry About The FBI‘s Belief That The Courts Can Force Apple To Help It Get Into iPhones

Congressional hearings involving law enforcement and intelligence folks tend to be fawning affairs, with most of Congress willing to accept whatever these guys have to say. Sure, you‘ll always have a few people critical of certain aspects, but generally speaking, Congress is especially friendly to the FBI, NSA, CIA, etc. So it must have come as a bit of a shock to FBI Director James Comey that during a long House Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, they seemed pretty pissed off at Comey‘s belief that the courts should force Apple to help him open up encrypted iPhones.