“Apple counsel Ted Boutrous told CNBC on Monday that Justice Department lawyers ‘got a little bit carried away’ with their rhetoric in the latest court filing in the tech giant’s legal battle against the government over encryption,” Eric Rosenbaum reports for CNBC. “‘There is a disconnect between the rhetoric in the Justice brief and what we have heard from [FBI Director James] Comey and President Obama,’ Boutrous said. ‘The lawyers who filed the brief got a little bit carried away with their rhetoric,’ he told CNBC.”
“Boutrous said Apple will shortly respond to the government on why the Justice Department arguments are wrong and ‘would have terrible consequences’ for national security and citizens,” Rosenbaum reports. “Ultimately, though, Apple does not believe the right forum for this battle is the courts.”
Rosenbaum reports, “‘This is a policy issue… the American people have to resolve,’ Boutrous said. ‘It’s for Congress to resolve,’ he added.”
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