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Apple CEO Clashes With GOP Senator Over Encryption At Secretive Retreat
Huffington Post ^ | 3/7/16 | Matt Fuller

Posted on 03/08/2016 6:13:41 AM PST by Cyberman

It was supposed to be a chummy weekend with GOP lawmakers and billionaires. Instead, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) got into it with Apple CEO Tim Cook over his company's refusal to help the FBI hack into iPhones.

The exchange, which took place at the American Enterprise Institute's World Forum, left a number of attendees "a little uncomfortable about how hostile Cotton was," a source familiar with the back-and-forth told The Huffington Post on Monday....

(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Technical; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: apple; arkansas; encryption; privacy; timcook; tomcotton
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Tom Cotton is turning into an even bigger disappointment than Mitch McTurtle.
1 posted on 03/08/2016 6:13:41 AM PST by Cyberman
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To: Cyberman

Really need to smash this corrupt little oligarchy in DC


2 posted on 03/08/2016 6:15:14 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: Cyberman

They also met to discuss “how to oust Trump” ... I thought that was the decision of the AMERICAN PEOPLE and not the RINO elite??


3 posted on 03/08/2016 6:16:18 AM PST by dubyajam (t "Life is Hard ... It's Even Harder When you're Stupid" --- John Wayne)
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To: Cyberman

If it were secret, how come Huffington Post is blabbing....?


4 posted on 03/08/2016 6:16:24 AM PST by spokeshave (Somewhere there is a ceiling for Trump.....Yeah, it's called The Oval Office)
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If it were secret, how come Huffington Post is blabbing....?

Well, it IS a secret. We're not supposed to tell anybody.
5 posted on 03/08/2016 6:18:46 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Cyberman

Senators should never debate Engineers from Silicon Valley.
They don’t like them and seldom respect their abilities.
Cotton needs to listen and stop talking.


6 posted on 03/08/2016 6:19:50 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Cyberman

Whatever people’s views of Cruz on the campaign trail, his positions on freedom and privacy are a model for the party. They need to follow Rand Paul’s lead like Cruz largely has and stop being big brother. It’s a huge opportunity to attract new voters. And it’s the right policy. Cruz sort of hedged his more libertarian views in a recent debate when everyone on stage agreed that Apple needed to give access, but by and large he and Paul have the superior viewpoints on these issues.


7 posted on 03/08/2016 6:20:08 AM PST by ilgipper
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To: Zathras

To Tim Cook?


8 posted on 03/08/2016 6:21:06 AM PST by John W (Under One Year And Counting!)
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To: Cyberman

Dang, it’s a shame when an Oligarch playdate gets ruined by things like this.


9 posted on 03/08/2016 6:24:09 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: dubyajam

I also think if they are gathering to figure out how to oust Trump because “someone like him should not be in office”, then why the HELL aren’t they doing that for Hillary??? Or why didn’t why do that with Obama?? smh


10 posted on 03/08/2016 6:24:30 AM PST by dubyajam (t "Life is Hard ... It's Even Harder When you're Stupid" --- John Wayne)
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To: spokeshave

Moles feeding friends at Huffington...NYT publisher was also in on this...He can’t report so Huff Po gets scoop!

Competition is a beautiful thing.


11 posted on 03/08/2016 6:26:19 AM PST by GeaugaRepublican (Angry not mad. Phyllis Schlafly and Jeff Sessions are great endorsements.)
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To: Cyberman

Reading more about the secret retreat is the concerning part. Politicians, Elon Musk the crony capitalist, the leaders of google, facebook, apple, the Dali Lama, etc ad nauseum.

Nothing good comes out of such secret meetings.


12 posted on 03/08/2016 6:28:16 AM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,")
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To: Cyberman

Cotton is on the wrong side of this argument.


13 posted on 03/08/2016 6:31:12 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Cotton, much as I like him, seems to have serious lapses in judgement. Like when he joined Hillary and Rubio, et al, in proposing a de facto war with Russia over a Syria no-fly zone.


14 posted on 03/08/2016 6:36:48 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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Don't you know that the elite repubs only criticize other repubs ? McLame never criticized Obama but did plenty to other repubs.
15 posted on 03/08/2016 6:37:32 AM PST by bestrongbpositive
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To: spokeshave

because it is open sourced
on the Clinton crime family home server


16 posted on 03/08/2016 6:39:56 AM PST by whistleduck ("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S.)
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To: Cyberman

Tom will win the CEOs back with one magic phrase: H1B Visa.


17 posted on 03/08/2016 7:09:00 AM PST by sportutegrl
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H-1B visas are like crack cocaine to these corporate whores.


18 posted on 03/08/2016 7:17:31 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Cyberman

Just theater...Tom Cotton is on the invite list....that’s all I need to know. It shows what he is, and who he’s working for.


19 posted on 03/08/2016 7:21:47 AM PST by Ms Mable
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To: dubyajam; GeaugaRepublican

They also met to discuss “how to oust Trump” ... I thought that was the decision of the AMERICAN PEOPLE and not the RINO elite??


Indeed, these devious elites DID meet, for THAT, as well....

Here’s a thread about it:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3406459/posts?q=1&;page=1#1

Who’s in on it:

Apple CEO Tim Cook,
Google co-founder Larry Page,
Napster creator and Facebook investor Sean Parker,
Tesla Motors and SpaceX honcho Elon Musk
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
political guru Karl Rove,
House Speaker Paul Ryan,
GOP Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.),
Cory Gardner (Colo.), Tim Scott (S.C.),
Rob Portman (Ohio)
Ben Sasse (Neb.)
Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton (Mich.)
Rep. Kevin Brady (Texas)
Kevin McCarthy (Calif.)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.),
Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.),
Financial Services Committee Chairman
Jeb Hensarling (Texas) and Diane Black (Tenn.)
Philip Anschutz
Democratic Rep. John Delaney of Maryland
Arthur Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times

Remember these traitors to the Republic!


20 posted on 03/08/2016 7:26:24 AM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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