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Bob Goodlatte: “It will set a precedent for other requests from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any other law enforcement agency…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
It will set a precedent for other requests from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any other law enforcement agency to seek the same assistance in many, many, many other cases?
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Goodlatte warns that unlocking a phone could lead to future legal precedents.

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