12.12.2017 - 09:27 [ Techdirt ]

FBI Director Complains About Encryption, Offers To Sacrifice Public Safety In The Interest Of Public Safety

FBI Director Christopher Wray offered testimony to the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing entitled „Oversight of Federal Bureau of Investigation.“ Not much in terms of oversight was discussed. Instead, Wray took time to ask for a reauthorization of Section 702 before using several paragraphs of his prepared comments to discuss the „going dark“ problem.