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.In other news, General Clapper has not been prosecuted for perjury.
Surprisingly, the WaPo cuts right to the chase:
The acknowledgment comes at a perilous time for the FBI, whose credibility is being challenged by President Trump and his supporters over the ongoing investigation into whether any Trump associates helped Russia interfere with the 2016 election. The bureau has also been under pressure for other mistakes, including its failure to act on a tip that a Florida teen was likely to carry out a school shooting which police said he did weeks later, killing 17.Gee, ya think? I must confess that I am beginning to wonder whether we can believe everything the Government tells us ...
They're lying about this, they lied about the scale of the Soviet threat, they lie about the economy, it's a pretty safe bet they're lying about the scale of the Chinese threat...is there anything they're not lying about?
ReplyDeleteHow about ANYTHING the government tells us...
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