Rational Security: The "It's a Feature Not a Bug" Edition

Benjamin Wittes
Friday, March 4, 2016, 8:05 AM

A New York magistrate judge says the government can’t force Apple to help the FBI extract information from an iPhone. Forty percent of analysts at the U.S. military’s Central Command say the “integrity” of their reports is flawed. Ben and the president of Estonia have a tweet-a-tweet about the going dark problem. Susan's audio doppelganger calls in and impersonates her. And Shane, in a bit of breaking news, learns about the amazing steps the U.S. government is taking to protect Edward Snowden’s privacy:

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A New York magistrate judge says the government can’t force Apple to help the FBI extract information from an iPhone. Forty percent of analysts at the U.S. military’s Central Command say the “integrity” of their reports is flawed. Ben and the president of Estonia have a tweet-a-tweet about the going dark problem. Susan's audio doppelganger calls in and impersonates her. And Shane, in a bit of breaking news, learns about the amazing steps the U.S. government is taking to protect Edward Snowden’s privacy:

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Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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