Mar 08 Justice Department appeals ruling on unlocking data in New York iPhone case By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Calling a New York judge's ruling "an unprecedented limitation" on judicial authority, the Justice Department has asked a Brooklyn federal court to reverse a decision that said Apple Inc. wasn't required to pry open a locked iPhone. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 8:04 News Wrap: Partisan standoff over SCOTUS continues By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama met face-to-face with Senate leaders over the vacancy in the Supreme Court, but Republicans remain opposed to any hearings before a new president is elected. Also, the FBI and tech giant Apple squared… Continue watching
Feb 25 FBI chief: Apple issues are hardest he's seen in government By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The policy issues raised in the Justice Department's dispute with Apple Inc. over a locked iPhone represent the "hardest question I've seen in government, and it's going to require negotiation and conversation," FBI Director James Comey said Thursday… Continue reading
Feb 22 Apple tells employees why it won't help hack shooter's phone By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook acknowledged to employees Monday that "it does not feel right" to refuse to help the FBI hack a locked iPhone used by a gunman in the San Bernardino mass shootings. But he said… Continue reading
Feb 19 What's driving the fight between U.S. and Apple? By Tami Abdollah and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Battling in intense public broadsides, Apple Inc. and the government are making their cases before anyone steps into a courtroom over a judge's order forcing Apple to help the FBI hack into an iPhone in a sensational terrorism… Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 9:36 Judge's order to Apple over attacker phone encryption unlocks privacy concerns By PBS News Hour Since the San Bernardino attack, the FBI has been trying to read the contents of a cell phone used by attacker Syed Farook, made impossible by encryption. Now Apple CEO Tim Cook is rejecting a federal court order to create… Continue watching
Feb 17 Fight over gunman's locked iPhone could have big impact By Tami Abdollah and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- An extraordinary legal fight is brewing with major privacy implications for millions of cellphone users after a federal magistrate ordered Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gunman in the San Bernardino… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 4:43 Militia members hold out at Oregon reserve after highway arrests By PBS News Hour Weeks into an armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, federal and state officers corralled the anti-government militia leaders during a traffic stop. Gunfire erupted during the confrontation, and the group's unofficial spokesman was shot and killed. In… Continue watching
Jan 20 Senate Democrats block Syrian refugee bill By Richard Lardner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats have blocked a House-passed bill that would crack down on Syrian and Iraqi refugees coming to the U.S. Continue reading
Jan 15 The government's making a watchlist and checking it twice By P. J. Tobia Nearly two million names populate U.S. government terrorism watchlists. That’s a big number, and there are a lot of lists. Who are the people on these lists? Are they all potential terrorists?… Continue reading