Cybersecurity & Tech Lawfare News Surveillance & Privacy

Live: House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing on Encryption and Law Enforcement

Cody M. Poplin
Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 10:00 AM

Today at 10 am, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing entitled "Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives."

The two-panel hearing will include testimony from:

Published by The Lawfare Institute
in Cooperation With
Brookings

Today at 10 am, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing entitled "Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives."

The two-panel hearing will include testimony from:

  • Dr. Matthew Blaze, Associate Professor, Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania
  • Captain Charles Cohen, Commander, Office of Intelligence and Investigative Technologies, Indiana State Police
  • Chief Thomas Galati, Chief, Intelligence Bureau, New York City Police Department
  • Ms. Amy Hess, Executive Assistant Director for Science and Technology, Federal Bureau of Investigations
  • Mr. Ron Hickman, Sheriff, Harris County Sheriff's Office, on behalf of National Sheriff's Association
  • Mr. Bruce Sewell, General Counsel, Apple, Inc
  • Mr. Daniel Weitzner, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Director, MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative
  • Mr. Amit Yoran, President, RSA Security

Watch the full hearing live here.


Cody Poplin is a student at Yale Law School. Prior to law school, Cody worked at the Brookings Institution and served as an editor of Lawfare. He graduated from the UNC-Chapel Hill in 2012 with degrees in Political Science & Peace, War, and Defense.

Subscribe to Lawfare