Law enforcement is blind to the plans of some terrorists because their communications are encrypted. Heres nancy cordes. Reporter this is where terrorists turn these days when they want to talk undetected, a messaging app, called telegram, available for free on any smartphone. Its the goto application for terrorist communication. Reporter elliot zweig is Deputy Director at the middle east Media Research institute. Telegram has set it up that even they themselves dont retain the information. They cannot monitor the content. Reporter and there are dozens of other apps just like it, featuring powerful crack. That is a big problem. We have to grapple with it. Reporter fbi director james comey revealed wednesday that one of the two men who tried to attack a garland, texas, Conference Center in may communicated with an overseas terrorist 109 times that morning. And to this day, i cant tell you what he said with that terrorist, 109 times the morning of that attack. Reporter so congress is con
Law enforcement is blind to the plans of some terrorists because their communications are encrypted. Heres nancy cordes. Reporter this is where terrorists turn these days when they want to talk undetected, a messaging app, called telegram, available for free on any smartphone. Its the goto application for terrorist communication. Reporter elliot zweig is Deputy Director at the middle east Media Research institute. Telegram has set it up that even they themselves dont retain the information. They cannot monitor the content. Reporter and there are dozens of other apps just like it, featuring powerful encryption Law Enforcement cant crack. That is a big problem. We have to grapple with it. Reporter fbi director james comey revealed wednesday that one of the two men who tried to attack a garland, texas, Conference Center in may communicated with an overseas terrorist 109 times that morning. And to this day, i cant tell you what he said with that terrorist, 109 times the morning of that att
One of the two men who tried to attack a garland, texas, Conference Center in may communicated with an overseas terrorist 109 times that morning. And to this day, i cant tell you what he said with that terrorist, 109 times the morning of that attack. Reporter so congress is considering legislation that would compel Tech Companies to unscramble and hand over suspicious and encrypted messages, but many of these Companies Operate outside of the u. S. Telegram was founded by a russian and is based in germany, and experts warn that isis is testing out its own encrypted android app, so it wont have to rely on outside companies at all. Even u. S. Tech companies have balked at the notion of new laws. They say encryption is there to protect all kinds of personal data and if they give Law Enforcement a way in, scott, eventually, hackers will find their way in, too. Nancy cordes on capitol hill. Thank you, nancy. Become the first state to ban anyone on a Government Watch list from buying a firear
Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a very busy tuesday night. And we begin with atrney general jeff sessions, on capitol hill, under oath. He said he would defend his honor, calling any claims that he colluded with russia a, but he was also pressed about meetings with russians and that encounter in the oval office. Enwh the attorney general and everyone else in the room was asked to leave by the president a s ptcoceexmey. Abcs senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas leading us off. Reporter in front of the cameras, and the american pelensatn , totheye hornt seat. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god . I do. Epsaying he recused himself f the russia investigation from the very start because he was on the trump campaign. I recused myself from any investigation into the campaign for dino idcuespr mysenelbuf frt om defe honor against false and scurrilous allegations. Reporte repeatedly pressed about any
ASHLAND Amendment 2, in its proposed form, is an “opportunity to try” and “strip funds” from public education and instead funnel the money into private schools, Dr. Paul Green, Superintendent