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Pressure grows on Congress to step into Apple-FBI fight
By Katie Bo Williams
Lawmakers, officials and industry leaders increasingly believe Congress will be forced to resolve the FBIs controversial bid to compel Apple to help unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.
This case has much broader policy implications, which is why ultimately the court decision wont decide this issue, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN Thursday. Ultimately, its going to fall on us in Congress to try to draw the line, in terms of what the technology sector must or must not do.
The parties have to find common ground, and Congress needs to write it into law, Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.) wrote in a Wednesday op-ed.
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