FBI Can’t Proceed With San Bernardino Evidence Because Of THIS – UNBELIEVABLE!

by:Terresa Monroe-Hamilton 

How is this even possible? You’re telling me that with all our know-how and technology, the FBI can’t decrypt one stupid cell phone? The FBI is still unable to crack the encryption of the cellphone belonging to the San Bernardino killers. Comey is calling for the elimination of encryption on cellphones for privacy because ‘terrorism’. Sorry, not buying that one guys. No federal agency should ever be given unfettered free access to our privacy. Back door access could just as easily be used to persecute as it is to hunt bad guys. We’ve seen examples of this already in play at the IRS. As far as individuals go, just assume everything you do can now be seen and observed because it probably is. All you do on your computers and your phones is pretty much out there forever, so conduct yourselves accordingly.

From the Political Insider:
FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday that federal investigators have still been unable to access the contents of a cellphone belonging to one of the killers in the Dec. 2 shootings in San Bernardino, California, due to encryption technology.
Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee that the phenomenon of communications “going dark” due to more sophisticated technology and wider use of encryption is “overwhelmingly affecting” law enforcement operations, including investigations into murder, car accidents, drug trafficking and the proliferation of child pornography.
“We still have one of those killer’s phones that we have not been able to open,” Comey said about the San Bernardino attack.
Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, launched the Islamic State-inspired attack with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 29, at a social services agency in the California city, leaving 14 dead.
Comey and other federal officials have long warned that powerful encryption poses a challenge for criminal and national security investigators though the FBI director added Tuesday that “overwhelmingly this is a problem that local law enforcement sees.” 
Technology experts and privacy advocates counter that so-called “back door” access provided to authorities would expose data to malicious actors and undermine the overall security of the Internet.

I want to get the terrorists just as much as anyone out there. But a line has to be drawn somewhere here. What I fear is political persecution and the ability to hunt people down as terrorists that are nothing more than patriotic Americans. Because trust me… those in power would do exactly that if they thought they could get away with it. A study from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard released last month citing some current and former intelligence officials concluded that fears about encryption are overstated in part because new technologies have given investigators unprecedented means to track suspects. The White House last year abandoned a push for legislation that would mandate U.S. technology firms to allow investigators a way to overcome encryption protections, amid rigorous private sector opposition. But the issue has found renewed life after the shootings in San Bernardino and Paris. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are beginning to push for legislation on this. We better be careful how we weigh our desire for security with our freedoms hanging in the balance.