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Bob Goodlatte: “If what happens here is that Apple is forced to write a new operating system, to degrade the safety and security in…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
If what happens here is that Apple is forced to write a new operating system, to degrade the safety and security in phones belonging to tens or hundreds of millions of innocent people, it will weaken our safety and security, but it will not affect the terrorists in the least.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Goodlatte argues against compromising security for the sake of law enforcement.

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