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October 12, 2016

Clinton’s “Instinct” is to Side with Law Enforcement on Encryption & Surveillance, Campaign Chair Said

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Throughout the campaign, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has shied away from the heated debate between the government and tech companies over access to encrypted devices. An email, however, from her campaign chair, John Podesta, released by WikiLeaks, does offer a glimpse into how a President Clinton might approach the issue. “Her instincts are to buy some of the law enforcement arguments on crypto and Snowden type issues,” Podesta wrote in a message from November 20, 2015. Podesta’s email was in response to Democratic lobbyist…

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Bush Officials Immunity for Terror War Abuses to be Subject, Again, of SCOTUS Battle

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The Supreme Court will hear litigation that will determine if high-ranking US officials can be sued for civil rights abuses that occurred just after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Justices said on Tuesday that they will take up the case, which was brought by mostly Muslim immigrants against former top George W. Bush appointees. Defendants include former Attorney General John Ashcroft and former FBI Director Robert Mueller III. A federal appeals court in New York had stripped Ashcroft and Mueller of their “qualified immunity”…

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