Lawmakers push for encryption panel to find compromise
Congress should allow an expert commission to recommend ways to resolve the contentious debate over police access to encrypted communications before passing "knee-jerk" legislation, one lawmaker said.
Even as Apple and the FBI fight in court over access to a terrorist suspect's iPhone, a 9/11 Commission-style digital security panel should try to find a compromise between smartphone users' privacy and law enforcement access to encrypted devices, U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Wednesday.
"Given the complexities of this issue, there's no legislative, knee-jerk response that will solve this problem," McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said during a forum hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center, a think tank. "This is an urgent issue, and I believe [a commission] is the best vehicle."
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