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February 23, 2016

By CORY BENNETT

The Hill

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) is pressing FBI Director James Comey to withdraw a court order directing Apple to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

“We should all take a deep breath and talk to each other, rather than use a lawsuit to circumvent the critical and necessary policy discussions,” said Lieu in a letter to the FBI chief.

February 23, 2016

By SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ

IBT

February 23, 2016

By PRIYA ANAND

Market Watch

A Democratic congressman asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday to drop its case asking Apple to create a new version of its operating system that lacks security features.

Congress should decide whether technology companies should weaken security for law enforcement — not the courts, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said in a letter to FBI Director Jim Comey.

February 23, 2016

By PATRICK HOWELL O'NEILL

The Daily Dot

U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) sent a letter on Tuesday to FBI Director James Comey, asking that the bureau withdraw its demand that Apple help unlock an iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino terrorists. The letter pushes back against Comey's insistence that the FBI's request “isn't about trying to set a precedent” just as other law enforcement officials aim to test whether this case helps their own investigations or prosecutions.

February 23, 2016

By SEAN LYNGASS

Federal Computer Week

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) has asked FBI Director James Comey to withdraw the bureau's demand that Apple help unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino, Calif., shooters.

"As a computer science major, I have seen far-reaching unintended consequences when government applies outmoded concepts to our fast-changing technological world," Lieu wrote in a Feb. 23 letter to Comey.

February 23, 2016

By CORY BENNETT and KATIE BO WILLIAMS

The Hill

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February 23, 2016

By SARAH PARVINI and MATT HAMILTON

The Los Angeles Times

Demonstrations across the nation on Tuesday drew supporters of Apple for defying a court order and refusing to help the FBI unlock the San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone.

Coordinated by a group called Fight for the Future, which has held protests on other tech issues, the protests were organized in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Apple’s Silicon Valley headquarters and FBI headquarters in Washington, among other locations.

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.