Governments request is unprecedented and violates among other things the companys First Amendment rights that protect against compelled speech. On the other side of the corporate story thats capturing the worlds attention is fbi director james comey who earlier today testified on capitol hill. I love encryption, i love priva privacy. When i hear corporations saying were going to take you to a world where no one can look at your stuff part of me thinks, thats great, i dont want anybody looking at my stuff. Then i step back and say, Law Enforcement, which im part of, really does save peoples lives. Rescue kids. Rescue neighborhoods from terrorists. We do that a whole lot through court orders that are search warrants and we do it a whole lot through search warrants of mobile devices. Were going to move to a world where that is not possible anymore . The world will not end but it will be a different world than where we are today. Amon jaffers has been following the story from washington. W