In Apple v. FBI, who should win?

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🗓️ 11 March 2016

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Joseph DeMarco of DeVore and DeMarco LLP and David Greene of the Electronic Frontier Foundation debate whether Apple must assist the FBI in unlocking an iPhone used in the San Bernadino attack. We need your help to make this podcast even better! Go to bit.ly/wtpfeedback to share your feedback. Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on our Facebook page and Twitter feed. We want to know what you think of the podcast. Email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe to We the People. While you’re in the iTunes Store, leave us a rating and review—it helps other people discover what we do. Please also subscribe to Live at America’s Town Hall, featuring conversations and debates presented at the Center, across from Independence Hall in beautiful Philadelphia. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out all of our sibling podcasts at iTunes.com/Panoply. Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit—we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit constitutioncenter.org to learn more. This show was engineered by David Stotz and produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Josh Waimberg. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen.

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0:00.0	Hey, we the people listeners. We need your help to make this show even better.
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0:13.8	LY slash W T feedback. I'm Jeffrey Rosen,
0:19.8	president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:27.0	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress
0:31.5	to disseminate information about the U.S US Constitution on a non-partisan basis.
0:36.0	And today we discuss one of the most hotly contested questions in privacy, law, and policy today, and that is the Apple case.
0:46.3	In December 2015, Syed Farruk and his wife
0:50.4	attacked Farruk's coworkworker in San Bernardino, California.
0:54.0	The attack killed 14 people.
0:56.0	In the investigation that followed,
0:58.0	the FBI tried to access data on Farooq's iPhone,
1:01.0	but security mechanisms built into the phone have prevented the
1:04.4	FBI from doing so thus far. Now the FBI is trying to force Apple to help FBI investigators
1:10.2	gain access to the phone. A federal judge ordered Apple to assist, but the company has refused to comply.
1:16.0	Both parties will appear in court on March 22nd for a hearing on the issue.
1:20.0	Joining me to explain the stakes in this crucially important debate
1:23.2	and to evaluate the best arguments on both sides
1:25.8	are two attorneys who have filled, who have filed superb amicus briefs
1:30.7	on both side of this case.
1:32.3	Joseph DeMarco is a partner at Devine. us briefs on both side of this case.
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