Apple Inc. general counsel Bruce Sewell and FBI director James Comey agreed on one thing in Tuesday’s congressional hearing on balancing Americans’ rights on privacy and security: Congress needs to lead this debate and draft legislation to resolve it.
Smooth and unflappable, Comey faced three hours of grilling before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, where some members were openly upset that the FBI has introduced the issue in court instead of waiting on Congress to act. Sewell, more plodding but consistent, shared a two-hour window with two other panelists and received mostly, but not all, supportive questions.
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