[Infowarrior] - Editorial: Analysis of FBI's lack of credibility on iPhone issue

[Richard Forno]

(Good reading; I couldn't have put it better myself.  --rick)

Obama administration, FBI must act to restore US government's credibility in Apple's encryption debate

By Daniel Eran Dilger	
Thursday, February 25, 2016, 09:10 am PT (12:10 pm ET)

http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/02/25/obama-administration-fbi-must-act-to-restore-us-governments-credibility-in-apples-encryption-debate

Actions by the leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation over the past month related to the San Bernardino encryption issue demonstrate a shocking level of dishonest and callous disregard for the nation's core principles of democracy. FBI director James B. Comey should issue a formal apology or resign his post, AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger argues.

The role of the FBI — policing and solving a spectrum of federal crimes involving serial killers, terrorists, gangs that exploit children, government corruption and civil rights violations — is far too important to be besmirched by a manifestly dishonest smear campaign against Apple, created to spook and fool the public into accepting the creation of dangerous new legal powers without any respect for the role of elected representatives.
FBI director James Comey has a vast public record of desperately wanting to break encryption.

It is now clear that virtually every material statement made by the FBI about the encryption issue was flat-out false. While there is some controversy involving differences of opinion on the proper role and reach of government, the FBI has an obligation to be honest and genuine in its public communications, and in this case it has been everything but.

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http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/02/25/obama-administration-fbi-must-act-to-restore-us-governments-credibility-in-apples-encryption-debate

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