Gabbard: UK demand to Apple for backdoor access is ‘grave concern’ to US (Suzanne Smalley, The Record)

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has told U.S. lawmakers she ordered a legal review of the U.K. government’s secret directive to Apple for a backdoor that could give British authorities access to encrypted data belonging to Americans. Gabbard sent Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) a letter on Tuesday saying that the United Kingdom did not brief her on the request and that she didn’t know about the development until the Washington Post reported the demand earlier this month.

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