Rep. Issa on Squawk Alley: Apple Shouldn't Be Forced to Undermine Encryption

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Representative Darrell Issa (R-California) appeared on CNBC's Squawk Alley this morning to discuss the growing debate over Apple and encryption technology.

An excerpt from the interview is below and can be watched online here.

"One of the biggest problems that we face in Washington is, since 9/11, we know a lot more about you than you know about your government. And government likes that. But that's not what the American people want. It's not what our Constitution envisioned. I'm all for cooperating, and I expect Apple to cooperate to the ability they have, but when Apple [or another tech company] says to somebody, we're giving you encryption, it's in our software, it's protected, you can't be hacked by the Chinese or Russians or French or whoever, they should not be forced to undermine that."

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