CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics


Where Does the Tussle Over Encryption Stand in a Post-Snowden World?

November 03, 2015

The Obama administration has given up on half-hearted efforts to require companies to provide the government with access to encrypted electronic communications — the latest development in a long-running debate pitting national security against civil liberties that Congress is struggling to sort out. CQ's Adriel Bettelheim and intelligence reporter Ryan Lucas explain.