National Security and Foreign Affairs
February 19, 2016
By KEVIN LANDERS
WBNS- 10TV
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A judge has ordered Apple to create a shortcut around its security system to allow the FBI to unlock the cell phone of the San Bernardino terrorists. But Apple isn't budging.
The FBI claims it has the right to see what's inside. So who is standing on the right side of the Law? It all depends on who you talk to.
For Ohio State Junior Mateo Olagberno, Apple's fight with FBI is clear.
“I think Apple did the right thing by saying no to the government,” he said.
February 20, 2016
By JOSEPH KELLER
iMore
A new petition is asking the Obama Administration to halt the FBI's efforts to compel Apple to create a software backdoor into iOS in order to access data on the iPhone 5c of one of the San Bernardino shooters. The petition, posted on the White House's We the People site, calls the FBI's efforts an "unprecedented step" that threatens the security of Apple's customers.
February 20, 2016
By CRAIG GRANNELL
Stuff.tv
Common sense. Two words with very different meanings to different people.
February 22, 2016
By ADAM KREDO
The Washington Free Beacon
Congress is seeking to boost U.S. investment in Israeli security technologies and other sectors in response to efforts by international anti-Israel groups to promote economic boycotts of the Jewish state, according to a copy of a measure obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
February 22, 2016
By ARI YASHAR
Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
Congress has submitted a new measure urging the US to increase investment in Israeli security technologies and other sectors so as to counter the BDS movement that seeks to stir up an international boycott against the Jewish state.
A copy of the measure was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, which reported on the new move on Monday. It comes in parallel to another resolution working to get US states to divest taxpayer funds from anti-Israel companies.
February 22, 2016
By SEUNG LEE
Newsweek
Fifty-one percent of Americans believe Apple should unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters, according to a Pew Research survey published Monday.
February 23, 2016
By DUSTIN VOLZ
Reuters
A Democratic U.S. congressman on Tuesday asked the FBI to rescind its demand that Apple help unlock an iPhone linked to one of the San Bernardino shooters.
U.S. Representative Ted Lieu argued instead that Congress should ultimately decide whether American technology companies must grant authorities access to their products.
February 23, 2016
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, March 3, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) will join the Wilson Center’s National Conversation panel on encryption, “Will They or Won’t They? Understanding the Encryption Debate.”
February 23, 2016
By RIHRAN KEHEYIAN
Armenian News Network
WASHINGTON- - Photo-editing, collage and drawing app, PicsArt -a Yerevan-based company with more than 250 million installations, or downloads, serving a global community of 65 million - has joined a growing list of corporations and Congressional leaders in calling on the Obama Administration to help facilitate the growth of Armenia's burgeoning tech sector commerce with the United States by negotiating a bilateral Double Tax Treaty, reported the Armenian National Committee of America.