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23 May 2018, 8:29 am by Jon Brodkin
For example, FBI Director Christopher Wray said the following in a January 2018 speech: In fiscal year 2017, we were unable to access the content of 7,775 devices—using appropriate and available technical tools—even though we had the legal authority to do so. [read post]
23 Jul 2023, 8:40 am by jonathanturley
Notably, in his recent testimony, FBI Director Christopher Wray tried to blame his predecessor James Comey for the abuses, a claim that was recently undermined in the targeting of Republican staff members. [read post]
7 Mar 2019, 6:03 am by Scott Harman
Susan Hennessey shared the latest episode of the Lawfare Podcast Shorts, in which Hennessey interviews FBI Director Christopher Wray about cyber threat landscape, the threats posed by Russia and China, and what the FBI is doing to protect the 2020 elections. [read post]
9 Aug 2022, 6:12 am
Twelfth, shouldn’t all Americans be suspicious of the FBI based on its use of warrantless “backdoor searches” under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (about which Christopher Wray expressed very little concern when I questioned him at last week’s hearing)? [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 1:47 pm by Joe Mullin
FBI Director Christopher Wray did it again just last month, falsely claiming that end-to-end encryption and “user-only access” have “negligible security advantages” but have a “negative effect on law enforcement’s ability to protect the public. [read post]
15 Jul 2017, 5:04 am by Alex Potcovaru
  On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hold a hearing on the nomination of Christopher Wray to serve as Director of the FBI. [read post]
30 Aug 2022, 4:36 pm by Tom Smith
" During a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing earlier this month, FBI Director Christopher Wray called the whistleblowers' allegations "deeply troubling. [read post]
3 May 2020, 8:39 am by Dan Bressler
” For more interesting, related detail see also: “FBI Head Helped Facebook Defend Encryption He’s Now Fighting” — “Christopher Wray, prior to becoming FBI director, argued on behalf of Facebook Inc in defense of encrypted communications as the company was being pressured by the U.S. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 1:36 pm by Erin McCarthy Holliday
FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a news conference Friday that he could confirm 13 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), or “pipe bombs”, were sent to various individuals across the country. [read post]
15 Jul 2018, 8:00 am by Scott R. Anderson, Benjamin Wittes
Significantly, it also captures reactions to Director Christopher Wray’s comparatively low profile in public defense of the bureau while the agency has been under attack. [read post]
3 Jun 2020, 5:43 am by Joshua Cossin
The story was initially broken by an NBC news article on Saturday, which alleged that the decision to dismiss Boente “came from high levels of the Justice Department rather than directly from FBI Director Christopher Wray. [read post]
5 Sep 2018, 5:04 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Weeks ago, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that U.S. officials had been targeted using traditional tradecraft, and that the bureau had detected criminal efforts to suppress voting and provide illegal campaign contributions. [read post]
8 Jul 2022, 3:22 pm by Benjamin Pollard
FBI Director Christopher Wray told reporters that cases of domestic terrororism are increasingly influenced by international factors, with potential attackers “egging each other on” across the globe. [read post]
1 Jun 2022, 12:58 pm by Katherine Pompilio
  FBI Director Christopher Wray blamed Iranian state-backed hackers for an attempted cyberattack on Boston Children’s Hospital last year, reports CNN. [read post]
22 May 2018, 6:21 am by Hayley Evans
The president on Monday convened a meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, FBI director Christopher Wray, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to talk about the developments. [read post]
3 Aug 2018, 12:35 pm by Hannah Kris
FBI Director Christopher Wray, who also spoke at the briefing, presented a more optimistic picture of Russian interference, saying that “the same kinds of efforts to specifically target election infrastructure,” such as voter registrations, seen in 2016 have not yet taken place in the run-up to the 2018 elections. [read post]
23 May 2018, 10:36 am by Vanessa Sauter
Top FBI officials, including FBI director Christopher Wray, have repeatedly cited the erroneous statistic in the “going dark” debate. [read post]
20 May 2019, 2:22 pm by Scott R. Anderson, Benjamin Wittes
We argued that this was most likely a product of the president’s public assault on the bureau’s integrity and removal of several of its senior leadership figures, as well as FBI Director Christopher Wray’s (often understandable) reticence about speaking up more forcefully in the FBI’s defense. [read post]