Posted on 05/23/2018 11:52:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The FBI has repeatedly provided grossly inflated statistics to Congress and the public about the extent of problems posed by encrypted cellphones, claiming investigators were locked out of nearly 7,800 devices connected to crimes last year when the correct number was much smaller, probably between 1,000 and 2,000, The Washington Post has learned.
Over a period of seven months, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray cited the inflated figure as the most compelling evidence for the need to address what the FBI calls “Going Dark” — the spread of encrypted software that can block investigators’ access to digital data even with a court order.
The FBI first became aware of the miscount about a month ago and still does not have an accurate count of how many encrypted phones they received as part of criminal investigations last year, officials said. Last week, one internal estimate put the correct number of locked phones at 1,200, though officials expect that number to change as they launch a new audit, which could take weeks to complete, according to people familiar with the work.
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I don’t care. The .gov can’t be trusted to observe and enforce the 4th Amendment, so we will secure it by other means.
More lies from the FBI.
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Cryptography is the only way we'll ever be able to seize our 4th/5 amendment rights back from our oppressive government.
All for the sole purpose of allowing the FBI-CIA-NSA to monitor all you do, say and communicate.
By the time we get to the bottom of this Ed Snowden is going to look like a hero.
FBI lying to Congress, whoda thunk it?
So Wray is also part of the Deep State?? WHO is advising Trump on his nominees???
Wray got a lot of Rat votes a sure sign of a another BAD pick.
Comey was behind this, too.
Wray helping to prove he needed to be fired...
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