FBI Director James Comey said government and the tech industry need to sort out their differences over encryption before "something terrible happens" that would make productive conversations impossible.

Acknowledging that talks will probably have to wait until a new president takes office next year, Comey said that it's up to the American people - not the FBI or the tech companies- to decide how to resolve the issue. But before making that decision, people need to understand the cost of absolute privacy.

Comey made the comments Tuesday at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York, an event jointly held by the FBI and Fordham University.

The encryption debate took center stage earlier this year after the FBI demanded that Apple Inc. help it access an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Apple vowed a court fight, but the matter was ultimately dropped after a third-party provided the FBI with a way to access the phone's information.

The FBI and other law enforcement maintain that without a so-called "back door" through strong encryption, investigators can't get access to potentially crucial information. But much of the tech industry and privacy advocates counter that creating a back door would undermine security for everyone.

FBI Director James Comey said government and the tech industry need to sort out their differences over encryption before "something terrible happens" that would make productive conversations impossible.

Acknowledging that talks will probably have to wait until a new president takes office next year, Comey said that it's up to the American people - not the FBI or the tech companies- to decide how to resolve the issue. But before making that decision, people need to understand the cost of absolute privacy.

Comey made the comments Tuesday at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York, an event jointly held by the FBI and Fordham University.

The encryption debate took center stage earlier this year after the FBI demanded that Apple Inc. help it access an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Apple vowed a court fight, but the matter was ultimately dropped after a third-party provided the FBI with a way to access the phone's information.

The FBI and other law enforcement maintain that without a so-called "back door" through strong encryption, investigators can't get access to potentially crucial information. But much of the tech industry and privacy advocates counter that creating a back door would undermine security for everyone.

FBI Director James Comey said government and the tech industry need to sort out their differences over encryption before "something terrible happens" that would make productive conversations impossible.

Acknowledging that talks will probably have to wait until a new president takes office next year, Comey said that it's up to the American people - not the FBI or the tech companies- to decide how to resolve the issue. But before making that decision, people need to understand the cost of absolute privacy.

Comey made the comments Tuesday at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York, an event jointly held by the FBI and Fordham University.

The encryption debate took center stage earlier this year after the FBI demanded that Apple Inc. help it access an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Apple vowed a court fight, but the matter was ultimately dropped after a third-party provided the FBI with a way to access the phone's information.

The FBI and other law enforcement maintain that without a so-called "back door" through strong encryption, investigators can't get access to potentially crucial information. But much of the tech industry and privacy advocates counter that creating a back door would undermine security for everyone.

New York - July 27, 2016

1. James Comey, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation, walking to podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation:

"At some point encryption is going to figure in a major event in this country. We have to have the conversation before that happens because after that happens, the time for thoughtful reflection will be significantly reduced. And this is a hard conversation. It's a conflict of two values that we all share."

3. Wide Comey speaking

4. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation:

"And I'm not here to tell you what the answer is to resolve this problem, but one thing we have to recognize, is that moving to a place where huge swaths of American life are by default out of reach of judicial authority is a different way to live. We've never lived that way before. And it destroys the balance that our founders struck, and maybe that's okay, or maybe that's terrible. That is not for the FBI to say. The FBI's job is to tell the American people when the tools you are counting on us to use to protect you aren't working so much anymore, we need to shout from the rooftops. But the FBI should not tell people what the answer is, nor should companies that make amazing equipment. They should not be telling the American people how to solve this problem. The American people should be figuring out how they want to be governed. But that conversation has to be informed by and understanding of the costs of absolute privacy."

5. Zoom in Comey speaking

6. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation:

"So I hope you'll join in that conversation which will probably be, we'll have to wait until after the election to have the space in American life to have that conversation, that's fine. But we will continue collecting data so we can have that informed conversation next year."

7. Wide pan press cameras as Comey closes speech

FBI Director Chris Wray says the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol was not organized by people posing as Trump supporters.

At a hearing Tuesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin asked Wray if there was any evidence the attack was organized by “fake Trump protesters.”

Wray replied the FBI has “not seen evidence of that."

Some Republican members of Congress have suggested that left-wing protesters dressed up as Trump supporters to attack the Capitol, despite no evidence of that.

The group laid siege on the building and interrupted the count of presidential electoral votes after then-President Donald Trump told them in a speech to “fight like hell” to overturn his defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.

Wray testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday for the first time in almost two years. Wray is defending the bureau’s handing of intelligence indicating that there might be violence January 6.

He says the bureau immediately shared with other agencies a report that included “raw and unverified” intelligence predicting the attack.

A Jan. 5 report from the FBI’s Norfolk, Virginia, field office warned of online posts foreshadowing a “war” in Washington the following day. The former chief of the Capitol Police and others have said the information wasn’t flagged for them and was only sent in an email.

Wray says he did not see the report until after the insurrection but it was shared properly.

Five people died as result of the violence.

POOL

Washington DC - 2 March 2021

1. Cutaway of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Dick Durbin, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee:

"I'd like to ask you Director Wray, do you agree that the Capitol attack involved white supremacists and other violent extremists?"

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, FBI Director:

"Certainly the Capitol attack involved violent extremists, as I said, we, the FBI, consider this a form of domestic terrorism. It included a variety of backgrounds. Certainly there were quite a number, we're seeing quite a number as we're building out the cases on the individuals we've arrested for the violence, quite a number who what we would call sort of militia violent extremists."

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Dick Durbin, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee:

"Do you have any evidence that the Capitol attack was organized by, quote, fake Trump protesters?"

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, FBI Director:

"We have not seen evidence of that at this stage, certainly. Thank you, Senator."

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee:

"So unless you disagree with Wolfe or Barr, how do you plan to make your left wing anarchist extremism program as robust as your white supremacy and malicious extremism program?"

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, FBI Director:

"Well, I think there's a... that's a long and complicated question to answer, in a sentence. But I'll give you a few things for right now. One is, I think, as with any domestic terrorism threat or frankly, any counterterrorism threat more broadly, we're always looking to develop more and better sources so we get more visibility, insight into the plans and intentions, tactics, procedures, et cetera, of any group of violent extremists."

8. Cutaway

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, FBI Director:

"The more arrests we make, the more from those cases we learn about who else their contacts are, what their tactics are, what their strategies are, et cetera. And that makes us smarter and better able to get in front of the threat going forward."

10. Cutaway

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, FBI Director:

"We don't tend to think we at the FBI don't tend to think of violent extremism in terms of right, left. You know, that's not a spectrum that we look at. What I would say is that it is clear, as I think I said to Chairman Durbin, that a large and growing number of the people that we have arrested so far in the in connection with the sixth are what we would call militia violent extremism, militia violent extremists. And then there have been some already that have emerged who I would have put in the racially motivated, violent extremist bucket."

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Patrick Leahy, (D) Vermont:

"You did not see Antifa or left wing group playing a significant role in the January 6th interaction."

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, FBI Director:

"Certainly, while we're equal opportunity and looking for violent extremism of any of any ideology, we have not to date seeing any evidence of of anarchist violent extremists or people subscribing to Antifa in connection with the 6th. That doesn't mean we're not looking and we'll continue to look. But at the moment we have not seen that."

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Lindsay Graham, (R) South Carolina:

"Is it fair to say, as director of the FBI, you were not informed of the raw intelligence coming from the Norfork office? Is that correct?"

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, FBI Director:

"Not before January 6th."

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Lindsay Graham, (R) South Carolina:

"OK, so this was an internet posting that somebody captured?"

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, FBI Director:

"My understanding is that this was information posted online under a moniker or a pseudonym, it was unvetted, uncorroborated information, but it was and it was somewhat aspirational in nature, but it was concerning. It was concerning and was specific enough that we, our folks in Norfolk thought the need to get it out, even if we hadn't had a chance to to corroborate or vet it."

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Lindsay Graham, (R) South Carolina:

"The lessons learned in terms of how we could have acted better on that information?"

19. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, FBI Director:

"I think we're in... the truthful answer is we're still looking at that, you know, this was you know, I look at intelligence, both collection, analysis, dissemination. We need to get better at collecting, obviously. But the key part here was we often don't have the luxury of time to analyze this information before it gets disseminated."

20. Cutaway

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4313750

FBI Director Chris Wray condemned the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as "domestic terrorism" Tuesday as he defended the bureau's handling of intelligence indicating the prospect for violence. He told lawmakers the information was properly shared with other law enforcement agencies even though it was raw and unverified.

Wray's comments in his first public appearance before Congress since the deadly Capitol attack two months ago amounted to the FBI's most vigorous defense against the suggestion that it had not adequately communicated to police agencies that there was a distinct possibility of violence as lawmakers were gathering to certify the results of the presidential election.

A Jan. 5 report from the FBI's Norfolk, Virginia, field office warned of online posts foreshadowing a "war" in Washington the following day. However, Capitol Police leaders have said they were unaware of that report and had received no intelligence from the FBI that would have led them to expect the sort of violence that besieged the Capitol that day. Five people died that day.

Asked about the handling of the report, Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that it was shared though the FBI's joint terrorism task force, discussed at a command post and posted on an Internet portal available to other law enforcement agencies. The information was raw and unverified, and ideally, the FBI would have had more time to try to corroborate it.

He was also expected to be pressed at the hearing on how the FBI is confronting a national security threat from white nationalists and domestic violent extremists and whether the bureau has adequate resources to address those issues.

The violence at the Capitol made clear that a law enforcement agency that remade itself after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to deal with international terrorism is now scrambling to address homegrown violence from white Americans. President Joe Biden's administration has tasked his national intelligence director to work with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to assess the threat.

"It's behavior that we, the FBI, view as domestic terrorism. It's got no place in our democracy and tolerating it would make a mockery of our nation's rule of law," Wray said of Jan. 6.

Wray has kept a notably low profile since the Capitol attack. Though he has briefed lawmakers privately and shared information with local law enforcement, Tuesday's oversight hearing marked Wray's first public appearance before Congress since before November's presidential election.

Wray was also likely to face questions about the FBI's investigation into a massive Russian hack of corporations.

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Washington, DC - 2 March 2021

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director:

"I was appalled, like you, at the violence and destruction that we saw that day. I was appalled that you, our country's elected leaders, were victimized right here in these very halls. That attack, that siege was criminal behavior, plain and simple. And it's behavior that we, the FBI, view as domestic terrorism. It's got no place in our democracy. And tolerating it would make a mockery of our nation's rule of law. The rule of law, of course, is our country's bedrock and it's our guiding principle at the FBI."

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director:

"The FBI has been working day and night across the country to track down those responsible for the events of January 6th and to hold them accountable. We're chasing down leads. We're reviewing evidence, combing through digital media to identify, investigate and arrest anyone who broke the law that day."

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director:

"We do not investigate ideology, but we focus on acts of violence and violations of federal law. And when we see those, when we see those, we will bring to bear the full weight of our resources, our experience and our partnerships. And when domestic violence extremists use explosive devices, when they attack government facilities and businesses, when they assault law enforcement officers, when they use violence to interfere with the lawful operation of our government, they should expect the FBI to come knocking on their door no matter where they try to run."

FBI Director Chris Wray condemned the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as "domestic terrorism" Tuesday as he defended the bureau's handling of intelligence indicating the prospect for violence. He told lawmakers the information was properly shared with other law enforcement agencies even though it was raw and unverified.

Wray's comments in his first public appearance before Congress since the deadly Capitol attack two months ago amounted to the FBI's most vigorous defense against the suggestion that it had not adequately communicated to police agencies that there was a distinct possibility of violence as lawmakers were gathering to certify the results of the presidential election.

A Jan. 5 report from the FBI's Norfolk, Virginia, field office warned of online posts foreshadowing a "war" in Washington the following day. However, Capitol Police leaders have said they were unaware of that report and had received no intelligence from the FBI that would have led them to expect the sort of violence that besieged the Capitol that day. Five people died that day.

Asked about the handling of the report, Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that it was shared though the FBI's joint terrorism task force, discussed at a command post and posted on an Internet portal available to other law enforcement agencies. The information was raw and unverified, and ideally, the FBI would have had more time to try to corroborate it.

He was also expected to be pressed at the hearing on how the FBI is confronting a national security threat from white nationalists and domestic violent extremists and whether the bureau has adequate resources to address those issues.

The violence at the Capitol made clear that a law enforcement agency that remade itself after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to deal with international terrorism is now scrambling to address homegrown violence from white Americans. President Joe Biden's administration has tasked his national intelligence director to work with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to assess the threat.

"It's behavior that we, the FBI, view as domestic terrorism. It's got no place in our democracy and tolerating it would make a mockery of our nation's rule of law," Wray said of Jan. 6.

Wray has kept a notably low profile since the Capitol attack. Though he has briefed lawmakers privately and shared information with local law enforcement, Tuesday's oversight hearing marked Wray's first public appearance before Congress since before November's presidential election.

Wray was also likely to face questions about the FBI's investigation into a massive Russian hack of corporations.

POOL

Washington DC - 2 March 2021

1. Various of FBI Director Chris Wray swearing in  

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director:

"I was appalled, like you, at the violence and destruction that we saw that day. I was appalled that you, our country's elected leaders, were victimized right here in these very halls. That attack, that siege was criminal behavior, plain and simple. And it's behavior that we, the FBI, view as domestic terrorism. It's got no place in our democracy. And tolerating it would make a mockery of our nation's rule of law. The rule of law, of course, is our country's bedrock and it's our guiding principle at the FBI."

3. Cutaway of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director:

"The FBI has been working day and night across the country to track down those responsible for the events of January 6th and to hold them accountable. We're chasing down leads. We're reviewing evidence, combing through digital media to identify, investigate and arrest anyone who broke the law that day."

5. Cutaway of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director:

"We've arrested already more than 270 individuals to date, over 300 when you include the ones of our partners with more subjects being identified and charged just about every single day. The FBI is committed to seeing this through, no matter how many people it takes or how long or the resources we need to get it done, because as citizens, in a sense, we're all victims of the January 6th assault and the American people deserve nothing less."

7. Cutaway of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director:

"We do not investigate ideology, but we focus on acts of violence and violations of federal law. And when we see those, when we see those, we will bring to bear the full weight of our resources, our experience and our partnerships. And when domestic violence extremists use explosive devices, when they attack government facilities and businesses, when they assault law enforcement officers, when they use violence to interfere with the lawful operation of our government, they should expect the FBI to come knocking on their door no matter where they try to run."

9. Cutaway of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director:

"And no matter what comes our way, our work to safeguard the rule of law, to protect the American people and to uphold the Constitution goes on and will never stop."

11. Cutaway of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

Was Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh honest when providing testimony last week to the Senate to defend himself against allegations of sexual misconduct?

If the FBI finds any evidence to refute Kavanaugh's testimony, provided under oath, experts say that could change the minds of Republican Senators, even though many of them have already made up their minds on whether they want to confirm him to the Supreme Court.

"The real issue with Judge Kavanaugh's for his confirmation is going to be: is anything he said under oath so contravened by what the FBI finds so as to persuade Republican members of the Senate to change their view?," said National Security attorney Mark Zaid.

"So it's going to be the introduction of new evidence that would directly contradict Judge Kavanaugh to be able to modify or change someone's opinion as to his credibility, temperament or character," said Zaid.

The FBI currently has a deadline of this Friday, October 5th to complete an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh.

FBI agents have interviewed at least one of the three women who have accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct as Republicans and Democrats quarreled over whether the bureau would have enough time and freedom to conduct a thorough investigation before a high-stakes vote on his nomination to the nation's highest court.

Zaid said he thinks one week should be enough time to complete an investigation "if the FBI devotes the man hours that they need."

One area Democrats are planning to focus on as they question whether the nominee was fully truthful in his testimony before the Senate, including his statements about his drinking habits during college and high school.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., requested an investigation last Friday - after he and other Republicans on the panel voted along strict party lines in favor of Kavanaugh's confirmation - as a condition for his own subsequent vote to put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

1. Various of Mark Zaid during interview

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"The real issue with Judge Kavanaugh's for his confirmation is going to be: is anything he said under oath so contravened by what the FBI finds so as to persuade Republican members of the Senate to change their view? Because the Democratic members, I mean, let's be honest, they've pretty much made up their minds. And maybe one could say that, and probably can, on both sides. So it's going to be the introduction of new evidence that would directly contradict Judge Kavanaugh to be able to modify or change someone's opinion as to his credibility, temperament or character."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington DC- 27 September 2018

3. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh walks into hearing room

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"The FBI does not come up with any type of independent conclusions or recommendations. They are seeking to either verify or corroborate or substantiate the allegation or if they can say that it's been disproven."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington DC - Archive/Recent

5. Various exteriors of FBI

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"Even though President Trump has vilified the FBI both by by its credibility, its trustworthiness, its competence. I, having dealt with them all the time, I don't have any problems believing that the FBI cannot handle this objectively by their professional standards as they do every single day. Now there always can be criticisms objectively or subjectively thrown at any of the agencies but this is what the FBI does and they are the experienced investigators. And there's no reason to believe regardless of the partisan bickering that has occurred out of this administration that the FBI wouldn't be able to conduct this investigation in a standard normalized routine manner that it does every single day."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington DC - File/Recent

7. Various exteriors of FBI

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"If the FBI devotes the man hours that they need, I think one week they could absolutely continue and finish this investigation. Again right now it looks like we're somewhat limited in scope. It will always change, depending on what information comes up. I would hope if the Bureau comes across a lead that they seem or deemed to be credible and significant they would say, 'Look just give us a few more days to just task out this one lead.'"

POOL

Washington DC - 27 September 2018

9. Various of Senators at hearing on nomination of Kavanaugh

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"This particular case can unfortunately and may serve as a real sort of line in the sand or slippery slope to where we go because if the Democrats do gain power in November and then take over in January and they try to initiate any type of impeachment actions against Justice Kavanaugh or pack the court the way President Roosevelt did 70, 80 years ago, we're just as a society, I think, going downhill. It's just going to become more partisan more divided."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington DC - 27 September 2018

11. Various of Senate Democrats walking

12. Various of Kavanaugh at hearing

Was Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh honest when providing testimony last week to the Senate to defend himself against allegations of sexual misconduct?

If the FBI finds any evidence to refute Kavanaugh's testimony, provided under oath, experts say that could change the minds of Republican Senators, even though many of them have already made up their minds on whether they want to confirm him to the Supreme Court.

"The real issue with Judge Kavanaugh's for his confirmation is going to be: is anything he said under oath so contravened by what the FBI finds so as to persuade Republican members of the Senate to change their view?," said National Security attorney Mark Zaid.

"So it's going to be the introduction of new evidence that would directly contradict Judge Kavanaugh to be able to modify or change someone's opinion as to his credibility, temperament or character," said Zaid.

The FBI currently has a deadline of this Friday, October 5th to complete an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh.

FBI agents have interviewed at least one of the three women who have accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct as Republicans and Democrats quarreled over whether the bureau would have enough time and freedom to conduct a thorough investigation before a high-stakes vote on his nomination to the nation's highest court.

Zaid said he thinks one week should be enough time to complete an investigation "if the FBI devotes the man hours that they need."

One area Democrats are planning to focus on as they question whether the nominee was fully truthful in his testimony before the Senate, including his statements about his drinking habits during college and high school.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., requested an investigation last Friday - after he and other Republicans on the panel voted along strict party lines in favor of Kavanaugh's confirmation - as a condition for his own subsequent vote to put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

1. Various of Mark Zaid during interview

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"The real issue with Judge Kavanaugh's for his confirmation is going to be: is anything he said under oath so contravened by what the FBI finds so as to persuade Republican members of the Senate to change their view? Because the Democratic members, I mean, let's be honest, they've pretty much made up their minds. And maybe one could say that, and probably can, on both sides. So it's going to be the introduction of new evidence that would directly contradict Judge Kavanaugh to be able to modify or change someone's opinion as to his credibility, temperament or character."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington - 27 September 2018

3. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh walks into hearing room

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"The FBI does not come up with any type of independent conclusions or recommendations. They are seeking to either verify or corroborate or substantiate the allegation or if they can say that it's been disproven."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington - File/Recent

5. Various exteriors of FBI

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"Even though President Trump has vilified the FBI both by by its credibility, its trustworthiness, its competence. I, having dealt with them all the time, I don't have any problems believing that the FBI cannot handle this objectively by their professional standards as they do every single day. Now there always can be criticisms objectively or subjectively thrown at any of the agencies but this is what the FBI does and they are the experienced investigators. And there's no reason to believe regardless of the partisan bickering that has occurred out of this administration that the FBI wouldn't be able to conduct this investigation in a standard normalized routine manner that it does every single day."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington - File/Recent

7. Various exteriors of FBI

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"If the FBI devotes the man hours that they need, I think one week they could absolutely continue and finish this investigation. Again right now it looks like we're somewhat limited in scope. It will always change, depending on what information comes up. I would hope if the Bureau comes across a lead that they seem or deemed to be credible and significant they would say, 'Look just give us a few more days to just task out this one lead.'"

POOL

Washington - 27 September 2018

9. Various of Senators at hearing on nomination of Kavanaugh

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"This particular case can unfortunately and may serve as a real sort of line in the sand or slippery slope to where we go because if the Democrats do gain power in November and then take over in January and they try to initiate any type of impeachment actions against Justice Kavanaugh or pack the court the way President Roosevelt did 70, 80 years ago, we're just as a society, I think, going downhill. It's just going to become more partisan more divided."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington - 27 September 2018

11. Various of Senate Democrats walking

12. Various of Kavanaugh at hearing

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus060173

FBI Director James Comey said government and the tech industry need to sort out their differences over encryption before "something terrible happens" that would make productive conversations impossible.

Acknowledging that talks will probably have to wait until a new president takes office next year, Comey said that it's up to the American people _ not the FBI or the tech companies _ to decide how to resolve the issue. But before making that decision, people need to understand the cost of absolute privacy.

"At some point encryption is going to figure into a major event in this country, "Comey said. "We've got to have this conversation before that happens, because after that, the time for thoughtful reflection will be significantly reduced."

Comey made the comments Tuesday at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York, an event jointly held by the FBI and Fordham University.

The encryption debate took center stage earlier this year after the FBI demanded that Apple Inc. help it access an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Apple vowed a court fight, but the matter was ultimately dropped after a third-party provided the FBI with a way to access the phone's information.

The FBI and other law enforcement maintain that without a so-called "back door" through strong encryption, investigators can't get access to potentially crucial information. But much of the tech industry and privacy advocates counter that creating a back door would undermine security for everyone.

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus060173

FBI Director James Comey said government and the tech industry need to sort out their differences over encryption before "something terrible happens" that would make productive conversations impossible.

Acknowledging that talks will probably have to wait until a new president takes office next year, Comey said that it's up to the American people _ not the FBI or the tech companies _ to decide how to resolve the issue. But before making that decision, people need to understand the cost of absolute privacy.

"At some point encryption is going to figure into a major event in this country, "Comey said. "We've got to have this conversation before that happens, because after that, the time for thoughtful reflection will be significantly reduced."

Comey made the comments Tuesday at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York, an event jointly held by the FBI and Fordham University.

The encryption debate took center stage earlier this year after the FBI demanded that Apple Inc. help it access an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Apple vowed a court fight, but the matter was ultimately dropped after a third-party provided the FBI with a way to access the phone's information.

The FBI and other law enforcement maintain that without a so-called "back door" through strong encryption, investigators can't get access to potentially crucial information. But much of the tech industry and privacy advocates counter that creating a back door would undermine security for everyone.

New York - July 27, 2016

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASHES+

1. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation:

"At some point encryption is going to figure in a major event in this country. We have to have the conversation before that happens because after that happens, the time for thoughtful reflection will be significantly reduced. And this is a hard conversation. It's a conflict of two values we all share."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation:

"And I'm not here to tell you what the answer is to resolve this problem, but one thing we have to recognize, is that moving to a place where huge swaths of American life are by default out of reach of judicial authority is a different way to live. We've never lived that way before. And it destroys the balance that our founders struck, and maybe that's okay, or maybe that's terrible. That is not for the FBI to say. The FBI's job is to tell the American people when the tools you are counting on us to use to protect you aren't working so much anymore, we need to shout from the rooftops. But the FBI should not tell people what the answer is, nor should companies that make amazing equipment. They should not be telling the American people how to solve this problem. The American people should be figuring out how they want to be governed. But that conversation has to be informed by and understanding of the costs of absolute privacy."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation:

"So I hope you'll join in that conversation which will probably be, we'll have to wait until after the election to have the space in American life to have that conversation, that's fine. But we will continue collecting data so we can have that informed conversation next year."

FBI Director James Comey said government and the tech industry need to sort out their differences over encryption before "something terrible happens" that would make productive conversations impossible.

Acknowledging that talks will probably have to wait until a new president takes office next year, Comey said that it's up to the American people _ not the FBI or the tech companies _ to decide how to resolve the issue. But before making that decision, people need to understand the cost of absolute privacy.

"At some point encryption is going to figure into a major event in this country, "Comey said. "We've got to have this conversation before that happens, because after that, the time for thoughtful reflection will be significantly reduced."

Comey made the comments Tuesday at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York, an event jointly held by the FBI and Fordham University.

The encryption debate took center stage earlier this year after the FBI demanded that Apple Inc. help it access an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Apple vowed a court fight, but the matter was ultimately dropped after a third-party provided the FBI with a way to access the phone's information.

The FBI and other law enforcement maintain that without a so-called "back door" through strong encryption, investigators can't get access to potentially crucial information. But much of the tech industry and privacy advocates counter that creating a back door would undermine security for everyone.

FBI Director James Comey said government and the tech industry need to sort out their differences over encryption before "something terrible happens" that would make productive conversations impossible.

Acknowledging that talks will probably have to wait until a new president takes office next year, Comey said that it's up to the American people _ not the FBI or the tech companies _ to decide how to resolve the issue. But before making that decision, people need to understand the cost of absolute privacy.

"At some point encryption is going to figure into a major event in this country, "Comey said. "We've got to have this conversation before that happens, because after that, the time for thoughtful reflection will be significantly reduced."

Comey made the comments Tuesday at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York, an event jointly held by the FBI and Fordham University.

The encryption debate took center stage earlier this year after the FBI demanded that Apple Inc. help it access an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Apple vowed a court fight, but the matter was ultimately dropped after a third-party provided the FBI with a way to access the phone's information.

The FBI and other law enforcement maintain that without a so-called "back door" through strong encryption, investigators can't get access to potentially crucial information. But much of the tech industry and privacy advocates counter that creating a back door would undermine security for everyone.

New York - July 27, 2016

1. James Comey walking to podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation:

"At some point encryption is going to figure in a major event in this country. We have to have the conversation before that happens because after that happens, the time for thoughtful reflection will be significantly reduced. And this is a hard conversation. It's a conflict of two values that we all share."

3. Wide Comey speaking

4. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation:

"And I'm not here to tell you what the answer is to resolve this problem, but one thing we have to recognize, is that moving to a place where huge swaths of American life are by default out of reach of judicial authority is a different way to live. We've never lived that way before. And it destroys the balance that our founders struck, and maybe that's okay, or maybe that's terrible. That is not for the FBI to say. The FBI's job is to tell the American people when the tools you are counting on us to use to protect you aren't working so much anymore, we need to shout from the rooftops. But the FBI should not tell people what the answer is, nor should companies that make amazing equipment. They should not be telling the American people how to solve this problem. The American people should be figuring out how they want to be governed. But that conversation has to be informed by and understanding of the costs of absolute privacy."

5. Zoom in Comey speaking

6. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation:

"So I hope you'll join in that conversation which will probably be, we'll have to wait until after the election to have the space in American life to have that conversation, that's fine. But we will continue collecting data so we can have that informed conversation next year."

7. Wide pan press cameras as Comey closes speech

FBI Director James Comey likened impenetrable digital encryption to a "vicious guard dog" Tuesday, as a high-stakes fight between privacy and national security moved from the courts to Congress.

"There's already a door on that iPhone. We're asking Apple to take the vicious guard dog away and let us pick the lock," Comey said before the House Judiciary Committee.

Tuesday's hearing comes amid two significant — and conflicting — court rulings in New York and California on whether Apple can be forced to help the FBI gain access to locked phones.

The hearing, which was also to feature Apple's top lawyer, is providing an extraordinary public forum for the Justice Department and Apple Inc. to stake out competing positions. The company's recent opposition has brought a long-simmering debate over digital privacy rights and national security to the mainstream.

A judge in California two weeks ago directed Apple to help the FBI hack into a locked iPhone used by one of the gunmen responsible for the San Bernardino, California attacks that killed 14 people. But on Monday, a judge in Brooklyn said the Obama administration couldn't force Apple to help it gain access to the phone.

Comey acknowledged Tuesday that either decision could set a precedent for other courts.

The California case involves an iPhone 5C owned by San Bernardino County and used by Syed Farook, who was a health inspector. He and his wife Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people during a Dec. 2 attack that was at least partly inspired by the Islamic State group. The couple died later in a gun battle with police.

FBI Director James Comey likened impenetrable digital encryption to a "vicious guard dog" Tuesday, as a high-stakes fight between privacy and national security moved from the courts to Congress.

"There's already a door on that iPhone. We're asking Apple to take the vicious guard dog away and let us pick the lock," Comey said before the House Judiciary Committee.

Tuesday's hearing comes amid two significant — and conflicting — court rulings in New York and California on whether Apple can be forced to help the FBI gain access to locked phones.

The hearing, which was also to feature Apple's top lawyer, is providing an extraordinary public forum for the Justice Department and Apple Inc. to stake out competing positions. The company's recent opposition has brought a long-simmering debate over digital privacy rights and national security to the mainstream.

A judge in California two weeks ago directed Apple to help the FBI hack into a locked iPhone used by one of the gunmen responsible for the San Bernardino, California attacks that killed 14 people. But on Monday, a judge in Brooklyn said the Obama administration couldn't force Apple to help it gain access to the phone.

Comey acknowledged Tuesday that either decision could set a precedent for other courts.

The California case involves an iPhone 5C owned by San Bernardino County and used by Syed Farook, who was a health inspector. He and his wife Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people during a Dec. 2 attack that was at least partly inspired by the Islamic State group. The couple died later in a gun battle with police.

POOL

Washington - 1 March 2016

1. FBI Director James Comey walking into hearing room

2. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, FBI Director:

"Thank you for hosting this conversation and for helping us all talk about an issue that I believe is the hardest issue I've confronted in government, which is how to balance the privacy we so treasure, that comes to us through the technology that we love. And also achieve public safety which we also all very much treasure."

3. Cutaway of hearing

4. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, FBI Director:

++SOUNDBITE INCLUDES CUTAWAYS++

"Two terrorists in the name of ISIL killed 14 people and wounded 22 others at an office gathering, and left behind three phones - two of which, the cheaper models, they smashed beyond use, and the third was left locked. In any investigation that's done competently, the FBI would try to get access to that phone. It's important that it's a live ongoing terrorism investigation, but in any criminal investigation, a competent investigator would try and use all lawful tools to get access to that device. And that's what you see happening in San Bernardino. The San Bernardino case is about that case. It obviously highlights the broader issue and of course it will be looked upon by other judges and other litigants, but it is about the case."

5. Cutaway of hearing

6. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, FBI Director:

"There are no demons in this debate. The companies are not evil. The government is not evil. You have a whole lot of good people who see the world through different lenses, who care about things - all care about the same things in my view. The companies care about public safety. The FBI cares about innovation and privacy. We devote our lives to trying to stop people from stealing our innovation, our secrets, and hacking into our devices. We care about the same things, which should make this in a way an easier conversation."

7. Cutaway of hearing

8. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, FBI Director:

"Sure potentially, because any decision of a court about a matter is potentially useful to other courts, which is what a precedent is. I happen to think, having talked to experts, there are technical limitations to how useful this particular San Bernardino technique will be, given how the phones have changed. But sure, other courts, other prosecutors, other lawyers for companies, will look to that for guidance or to try and distinguish it."

9. Cutaway of hearing

10. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, FBI Director:

"There's already a door on that iPhone. Essentially, we're asking Apple - take the vicious guard dog away. Let us try and pick the lock."

11. Cutaway of hearing

The FBI (US Federal Bureau of Investigation) said on Friday that the case of the suspected child predator who worked in US schools around the world is certainly one of the most prolific suspected sexual predators the agency had pursued.

William Vahey, 64, committed suicide on March 21 in Luverne, Minnesota, two days after US agents filed for a warrant to search his computer thumb drive.

The FBI said the device contained pornographic images of at least 90 boys, aged 12 to 14, who appeared to be drugged and unconscious.

"The most important thing for us is to reach out to potential victims in this case, to give them a way to contact us confidentially, and to offer them assistance if needed, said FBI Special Agent Shauna Dunlap.

"Certainly, we're going to continue on with the ongoing investigation. Just because the suspect chose to not face justice doesn't mean the FBI's going to stop seeking justice," Dunlap also said.

The FBI has asked for international help to find victims of Vahey, who worked at 10 international schools around the world over four decades.

A British private school said on Thursday that images of between 50 and 60 of its students were found on the computer drive.

The FBI said the photos were dated from 2008 or after, but that Vahey may have abused children for decades.

In a statement, the FBI said Vahey had confessed to an administrator at his most recent school in Nicaragua that he was molested as a child and had preyed on boys his entire life, giving them sleeping pills prior to the molestation.

The agency said Vahey was jailed for child molestation in California in 1969.

AP TELEVISION

1. Close of FBI (US Federal Bureau of Investigation) flier on suspected paedophile William Vahey

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Shauna Dunlap, FBI special agent, agency's spokeswoman in Houston:

"Without a doubt, this is certainly one of the most prolific suspected sexual predators that we've seen, given the numbers of children, potential victims, his position of trust, and so forth. And some of the allegations and the methods that are being alleged that he may have employed while committing these crimes. This is definitely a difficult case for us to work."

3. Close of Dunlap holding FBI flier on her lap

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Shauna Dunlap, FBI special agent, agency's spokeswoman in Houston:

"That's obviously going to be part of the ongoing investigation, to determine exactly what happened. Right now, the most important thing for us is to reach out to potential victims in this case, to give them a way to contact us confidentially, and to offer them assistance if needed. And then, certainly, we're going to continue on with the ongoing investigation. Just because the suspect chose to not face justice doesn't mean the FBI's going to stop seeking justice."

5. Close of Dunlap speaking

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Shauna Dunlap, FBI special agent, agency's spokeswoman in Houston:

"We were in possession of photographs and at least 90 - those photographs depict at least 90 different young students who were potentially victimised by Mr Vahey. So we have those photographs in our possession. At that time, they depicted 90 different students who had been molested and so our concern is absolutely that there may have been more."

7. Close of Dunlap holding FBI flier on William Vahey

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FBI Director James Comey likened impenetrable digital encryption to a "vicious guard dog" Tuesday, as a high-stakes fight between privacy and national security moved from the courts to Congress.

"There's already a door on that iPhone. We're asking Apple to take the vicious guard dog away and let us pick the lock," Comey said before the House Judiciary Committee.

Tuesday's hearing comes amid two significant — and conflicting — court rulings in New York and California on whether Apple can be forced to help the FBI gain access to locked phones.

The hearing, which was also to feature Apple's top lawyer, is providing an extraordinary public forum for the Justice Department and Apple Inc. to stake out competing positions. The company's recent opposition has brought a long-simmering debate over digital privacy rights and national security to the mainstream.

A judge in California two weeks ago directed Apple to help the FBI hack into a locked iPhone used by one of the gunmen responsible for the San Bernardino, California attacks that killed 14 people. But on Monday, a judge in Brooklyn said the Obama administration couldn't force Apple to help it gain access to the phone.

Comey acknowledged Tuesday that either decision could set a precedent for other courts.

The California case involves an iPhone 5C owned by San Bernardino County and used by Syed Farook, who was a health inspector. He and his wife Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people during a Dec. 2 attack that was at least partly inspired by the Islamic State group. The couple died later in a gun battle with police.

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus049739

FBI Director James Comey likened impenetrable digital encryption to a "vicious guard dog" Tuesday, as a high-stakes fight between privacy and national security moved from the courts to Congress.

"There's already a door on that iPhone. We're asking Apple to take the vicious guard dog away and let us pick the lock," Comey said before the House Judiciary Committee.

Tuesday's hearing comes amid two significant — and conflicting — court rulings in New York and California on whether Apple can be forced to help the FBI gain access to locked phones.

The hearing, which was also to feature Apple's top lawyer, is providing an extraordinary public forum for the Justice Department and Apple Inc. to stake out competing positions. The company's recent opposition has brought a long-simmering debate over digital privacy rights and national security to the mainstream.

A judge in California two weeks ago directed Apple to help the FBI hack into a locked iPhone used by one of the gunmen responsible for the San Bernardino, California attacks that killed 14 people. But on Monday, a judge in Brooklyn said the Obama administration couldn't force Apple to help it gain access to the phone.

Comey acknowledged Tuesday that either decision could set a precedent for other courts.

The California case involves an iPhone 5C owned by San Bernardino County and used by Syed Farook, who was a health inspector. He and his wife Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people during a Dec. 2 attack that was at least partly inspired by the Islamic State group. The couple died later in a gun battle with police.

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++

POOL

Washington - 1 March 2016

1. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, FBI Director:

"Thank you for hosting this conversation and for helping us all talk about an issue that I believe is the hardest issue I've confronted in government, which is how to balance the privacy we so treasure, that comes to us through the technology that we love. And also achieve public safety which we all very much treasure."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, FBI Director:

"Two terrorists in the name of ISIL killed 14 people and wounded 22 others at an office gathering, and left behind three phones - two of which, the cheaper models, they smashed beyond use, and the third was left locked. In any investigation that's done competently, the FBI would try to get access to that phone. It's important that it's a live ongoing terrorism investigation, but in any criminal investigation, a competent investigator would try and use all lawful tools to get access to that device."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, FBI Director:

"There are no demons in this debate. The companies are not evil. The government is not evil. You have a whole lot of good people who see the world through different lenses, who care about things - all care about the same things in my view."

4. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, FBI Director:

"Sure potentially, because any decision of a court about a matter is potentially useful to other courts, which is what a precedent is. I happen to think, having talked to experts, there are technical limitations to how useful this particular San Bernardino technique will be, given how the phones have changed. But sure, other courts, other prosecutors, other lawyers for companies, will look to that for guidance or to try to distinguish it."

5. SOUNDBITE (English) James Comey, FBI Director:

"There's already a door on that iPhone. Essentially, we're asking Apple - take the vicious guard dog away. Let us try and pick the lock."

The FBI announced on Monday the arrest of a Chinese national in the investigation of a fire set intentionally at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco.

FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson said Yan Feng, 39, was arrested on Friday after he called police in the San Francisco suburb.

The FBI arranged for his surrender.

The suspect, who has permanent resident status, made his first court appearance on Monday and was held on charges of causing damage to property of a foreign government and arson, Johnson said.

The FBI did not announce an alleged motive, saying the investigation is ongoing.

But Johnson said the FBI does not believe terrorism, politics or civil rights were involved.

"Right now, we're looking at this as purely a criminal matter," he said.

No one was hurt in the New Year's Day blaze that charred a doorway and damaged the lobby of the building.

Consulate workers said surveillance cameras showed a person exit a van with two buckets of gasoline, pour the fuel on the building and ignite the blaze.

The FBI said on Monday they recovered a white mini-van believed to be the one seen in the video.

The FBI said earlier that no bomb-making materials were found.

"It was so important to close this matter quickly so that anybody couldn't make of it more than it was," said Greg Suhr, the San Francisco Police Chief.

"We cherish our relationships with all our consulates here in San Francisco, and want them to know that they are safe."

Consulate spokesman Wang Chuan has condemned the attack and would not speculate on a motive.

In March 2008, a group of people poured flammable liquid on a security gate at the rear of the building and set it on fire. No injuries were reported.

That fire came on the day San Francisco supervisors heard public comment on China's human rights record months prior to the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

The issue arose because of the scheduled Olympic torch run through San Francisco.

The FBI said the latest fire was not related to the 2008 blaze.

AP TELEVISION

6 January 2014

1. Wide of FBI Special Agent David Johnson speaking at news conference

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Johnson, special agent in charge of San Francisco division, FBI:

"Fang self-surrendered to officers from the Daly City Police Department, at which time agents from the FBI, Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the San Francisco Police Department took him into custody."

3. Mid of journalists

4. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Johnson, special agent in charge of San Francisco division, FBI:

"We investigated this incident as a criminal matter, and there are no indications at this time to suggest that it was motivated by terrorism, politics or civil rights issues."

5. Wide of Johnson giving Police Chief Greg Suhr podium

6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Greg Suhr, San Francisco Police Chief:

"It was so important to close this matter quickly so that anybody couldn't make of it more than it was. The fixed presence of the Police Department at the Consulate will remain. We cherish our relationships with all our consulates here in San Francisco, and want them to know that they are safe."

7. Wide of Johnson and other officials leaving news conference

8. Mid of Johnson and Suhr chatting

9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Greg Suhr, San Francisco Police Chief:

"We have a plan that's very good in place to ensure that our consular core is safe, including the Chinese consulate. Our northern station officer had just been by the consulate on this particular night and was the first responder to the event and actually got the fire down a couple times."

10. Wide exterior of Federal building in San Francisco

11. Close of Federal building sign, reading: (English) "Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House, 450 Golden Gate Avenue"

FILE: 2 January 2014

12. Wide of Chinese consulate building with burned front door

13. Close of burned Chinese consulate sign, reading: (English/Mandarin) "Consulate General of the People's Republic of China"

14. Mid tilt down from top to bottom of consulate front door

:

The FBI announced Monday the arrest of a Chinese national in the investigation of a fire set intentionally at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco.

FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson said Yan Feng, 39, of Daly City was arrested Friday after he called police in the San Francisco suburb. The FBI arranged for his surrender.

The suspect, who has permanent resident status, made his first court appearance Monday and was held on charges of causing damage to property of a foreign government and arson, Johnson said.

The FBI did not announce an alleged motive, saying the investigation is ongoing. But Johnson said the FBI does not believe terrorism, politics or civil rights were involved. "Right now, we're looking at this as purely a criminal matter," he said.

No one was hurt in the New Year's Day blaze that charred a doorway and damaged the lobby of the building.

Consulate workers said surveillance cameras showed a person exit a van with two buckets of gasoline, pour the fuel on the building and ignite the blaze. The FBI said Monday they recovered a white mini-van believed to be the one seen in the video.

The FBI said earlier that no bomb-making materials were found.

Consulate spokesman Wang Chuan has condemned the attack and would not speculate on a motive.

In March 2008, a group of people poured flammable liquid on a security gate at the rear of the building and set it on fire. No injuries were reported.

That fire came on the day San Francisco supervisors heard public comment on China's human rights record months prior to the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The issue arose because of the scheduled Olympic torch run through San Francisco.

The FBI said the latest fire was not related to the 2008 blaze.

AP TELEVISION

San Francisco, California - 6 Januray 2014

1. Wide shot FBI Special Agent David Johnson speaks at news conference

2. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) David Johnson, special agent in charge of San Francisco division, FBI

"Fang self-surrendered to officers at the Daly City Police Department, at which time agents from the FBI, Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the San Francisco Police Department took him into custody."

3. Medium shot of TV cameras filming news conference

4. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) David Johnson, special agent in charge of San Francisco division, FBI

"We investigated this incident as a criminal matter, and there are no indications at this time to suggest that it was motivated by terrorism, politics or civil rights issues."

5. Wide shot of Johnson gives Police Chief Greg Suhr the podium

6. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Greg Suhr, San Francisco Police Chief

"It was so important to close this matter quickly so that anybody couldn't make of it more than it was. The fixed presence of the police department at the consulate will remain. We cherish our relationships with all our consulates here in San Francisco, and want them to know that they are safe."

7. Wide shot Johnson and other officials leave news conference

8. Medium shot of Johnson and Suhr chat

9. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Greg Suhr, San Francisco Police Chief

"We have a plan that's good in place to ensure that our consular core is safe, including the Chinese consulate. Our northern station officer had just been by the consulate on this particular night and was the first responder to the event and actually got the fire down a couple times."

10. Wide shot Federal building in San Francisco

11. Close up of Federal building sign

FILE

AP TELEVISION

San Francisco, California -- 2 January 2014

12. Wide shot Chinese consulate building with burned front door

13. Close up of Burned Chinese consulate sign

14. Mid shot pan from top to bottom of consulate front door

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Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell says Apple has no sympathy for terrorists and the "utmost respect" for law enforcement and their work.

But he says the FBI, in seeking access to a phone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, is asking a judge to "give them something we don't have" and to create an operating system that does not exist.

He maintained that the government is "asking for a backdoor" that would allow the FBI to break into every iPhone and weaken security for all of them.

The hearing comes amid two significant and conflicting court rulings in New York and California on whether Apple can be forced to help the FBI gain access to locked phones.

Sewell says the U.S. government has spent millions on supporting strong encryption used by activists and journalists, many in countries with fewer free-speech rights.

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus049757

Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell says Apple has no sympathy for terrorists and the "utmost respect" for law enforcement and their work.

But he says the FBI, in seeking access to a phone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, is asking a judge to "give them something we don't have" and to create an operating system that does not exist.

He maintained that the government is "asking for a backdoor" that would allow the FBI to break into every iPhone and weaken security for all of them.

The hearing comes amid two significant and conflicting court rulings in New York and California on whether Apple can be forced to help the FBI gain access to locked phones.

Sewell says the U.S. government has spent millions on supporting strong encryption used by activists and journalists, many in countries with fewer free-speech rights.

POOL

Washington - 1 March 2016

+++SOTS SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASHES+++

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Sewell, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Apple, Inc.:

"The FBI has asked a Court to order us to give them something we don't have. To create an operating system that does not exist — because it would be too dangerous. They are asking for a backdoor into the iPhone — specifically to build a software tool that can break the encryption system which protects personal information on every iPhone. As we have told them — and as we have told the American public — building that software tool would not affect just one iPhone. It would weaken the security for all of them. In fact, just last week Director Comey agreed that the FBI would likely use this precedent in other cases involving other phones."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Sewell, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Apple, Inc.:

"The FBI is asking Apple to weaken the security of our products. Hackers and cyber criminals could use this to wreak havoc on our privacy and personal safety. It would set a dangerous precedent for government intrusion on the privacy and safety of its citizens. Hundreds of millions of law-abiding people trust Apple's products with the most intimate details of their daily lives – photos, private conversations, health data, financial accounts, and information about the user's location as well as the location of their friends and families."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Landau, Professor:

"Now the FBI already has some excellent people and expertise, but FBI investment capacities is not at the scale and level necessary. Rather than asking industry to weaken protections, law enforcement must instead develop the capabilities for conducting sophisticated investigations themselves."

Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell says Apple has no sympathy for terrorists and the "utmost respect" for law enforcement and their work.

But he says the FBI, in seeking access to a phone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, is asking a judge to "give them something we don't have" and to create an operating system that does not exist.

He maintained that the government is "asking for a backdoor" that would allow the FBI to break into every iPhone and weaken security for all of them.

The hearing comes amid two significant and conflicting court rulings in New York and California on whether Apple can be forced to help the FBI gain access to locked phones.

Sewell says the U.S. government has spent millions on supporting strong encryption used by activists and journalists, many in countries with fewer free-speech rights.

Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell says Apple has no sympathy for terrorists and the "utmost respect" for law enforcement and their work.

But he says the FBI, in seeking access to a phone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, is asking a judge to "give them something we don't have" and to create an operating system that does not exist.

He maintained that the government is "asking for a backdoor" that would allow the FBI to break into every iPhone and weaken security for all of them.

The hearing comes amid two significant and conflicting court rulings in New York and California on whether Apple can be forced to help the FBI gain access to locked phones.

Sewell says the U.S. government has spent millions on supporting strong encryption used by activists and journalists, many in countries with fewer free-speech rights.

POOL

Washington - 1 March 2016

1. Wide of hearing

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Sewell, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Apple, Inc.:

"The FBI has asked a Court to order us to give them something we don't have. To create an operating system that does not exist — because it would be too dangerous. They are asking for a backdoor into the iPhone — specifically to build a software tool that can break the encryption system which protects personal information on every iPhone. As we have told them — and as we have told the American public — building that software tool would not affect just one iPhone. It would weaken the security for all of them. In fact, just last week Director Comey agreed that the FBI would likely use this precedent in other cases involving other phones."

3. Cutaway during hearing

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Sewell, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Apple, Inc.:

"The FBI is asking Apple to weaken the security of our products. Hackers and cyber criminals could use this to wreak havoc on our privacy and personal safety. It would set a dangerous precedent for government intrusion on the privacy and safety of its citizens. Hundreds of millions of law-abiding people trust Apple's products with the most intimate details of their daily lives – photos, private conversations, health data, financial accounts, and information about the user's location as well as the location of their friends and families."

5. Wide of hearing

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Landau, Professor:

"What we're going to do is decrease our security. That's the security risk that's coming from this request. I get that law enforcement wants data protection that allows them access under legal authorization but an NSA colleague once remarked to me that while his agency had the right to break into certain systems, no one ever guaranteed that that right would be easy to do so. The problem is, when you build a way in, for someone who isn't the owner to get at the data, well you've built a way in for somebody else to get in as well."

7. Cut to Congressmen

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Landau, Professor:

"Now the FBI already has some excellent people and expertise, but FBI investment capacities is not at the scale and level necessary. Rather than asking industry to weaken protections, law enforcement must instead develop the capabilities for conducting sophisticated investigations themselves."

9. Cut during hearing

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Cyrus R. Vance Jr., District Attorney:

"We believe this line being drawn between public safety and privacy is extremely important. It's affecting our lives, it's affecting our constituents' lives and we believe that you should be drawing it and we ask you to address this problem quickly."

11. Pan of hearing

Was Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh honest when providing testimony last week to the Senate to defend himself against allegations of sexual misconduct?

If the FBI finds any evidence to refute Kavanaugh's testimony, provided under oath, experts say that could change the minds of Republican Senators, even though many of them have already made up their minds on whether they want to confirm him to the Supreme Court.

"The real issue with Judge Kavanaugh's for his confirmation is going to be: is anything he said under oath so contravened by what the FBI finds so as to persuade Republican members of the Senate to change their view?," said National Security attorney Mark Zaid.

"So it's going to be the introduction of new evidence that would directly contradict Judge Kavanaugh to be able to modify or change someone's opinion as to his credibility, temperament or character," said Zaid.

The FBI currently has a deadline of this Friday, October 5th to complete an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh.

FBI agents have interviewed at least one of the three women who have accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct as Republicans and Democrats quarreled over whether the bureau would have enough time and freedom to conduct a thorough investigation before a high-stakes vote on his nomination to the nation's highest court.

One area Democrats are planning to focus on as they question whether the nominee was fully truthful in his testimony before the Senate, including his statements about his drinking habits during college and high school.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., requested an investigation last Friday - after he and other Republicans on the panel voted along strict party lines in favor of Kavanaugh's confirmation - as a condition for his own subsequent vote to put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court.

Washington - 27 September 2018

1. Various of Kavanaugh at hearing

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"The real issue with Judge Kavanaugh's for his confirmation is going to be: is anything he said under oath so contravened by what the FBI finds so as to persuade Republican members of the Senate to change their view? Because the Democratic members, I mean, let's be honest, they've pretty much made up their minds. And maybe one could say that, and probably can, on both sides. So it's going to be the introduction of new evidence that would directly contradict Judge Kavanaugh to be able to modify or change someone's opinion as to his credibility, temperament or character."

Washington - 28 September 2018

3. Various of Senate Judiciary members

Washington - 27 September 2018

4. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh walks into hearing room

Washington - File/Recent

5. Various exteriors of FBI

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"The FBI does not come up with any type of independent conclusions or recommendations. They are seeking to either verify or corroborate or substantiate the allegation or if they can say that it's been disproven."

Washington - 1 October 2018

7. SOUNDBITE: (English) President Donald Trump:

"Let the Senate decide, whatever they want to do is ok with me and also the FBI. I think the FBI should do what they have to do."

8. Various of Trump

Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018

9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:

"Even though President Trump has vilified the FBI both by by its credibility, its trustworthiness, its competence. I, having dealt with them all the time, I don't have any problems believing that the FBI cannot handle this objectively by their professional standards as they do every single day."

The FBI renewed its call for the public's help in finding an animal rights activist wanted in the 2003 bombings at two corporate offices in Northern California. Daniel San Diego was the first suspected domestic terrorist added to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List in April 2009.

He is charged with planting two bombs that exploded about an hour apart in the wee hours of Aug. 28, 2003, on the campus of a biotechnology company in Emeryville, Calif., and another bomb that went off at a nutritional products company in Pleasanton, Calif., a month later.

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San Francisco - December 13, 2013

1. Wide - Johnson preparing to speak

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Davis Johnson, FBI Special Agent:

"It's been over 10 years since San Diego bombed two buildings in the East Bay, in the name of animals rights extremism. These improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, were intended to cause damage to physical property and it would have been easy for an innocent bystander to be caught by these powerful and destructive bombs."

3. Mid - Johnson speaking from the podium

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Davis Johnson, FBI Special Agent:

"The FBI considers Daniel Andrea San Diego armed and dangerous, his bomb-making knowledge makes him a serious threat to any community. Not only can he fine-tune this ability but he may also be able to impart this dangerous knowledge onto others.

5. Mid - Johnson speaking from the podium

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Davis Johnson, FBI Special Agent:

"Anyone with information regarding Daniel Andreas San Diego is encouraged to contact law enforcement. Again, no tip is too small and anonymous tips will be respected."

7. Mid - view of Johnson's back - Johnson answering reporters' questions

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Four and a half months after a bomb exploded during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, American investigators have decided to ask the public for help.

At a press conference in Atlanta on Monday, FBI officials played a tape with the voice of a man warning of the impending attack.

They also showed a knapsack similar to the one that contained the bomb, hoping that photographs taken that night might help identify the bomber.

July 27 was a black day for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

While a huge crowd gathered to enjoy a concert in Centennial Park, a pipe bomb exploded in the early morning hours.

A woman was killed and more than one hundred people were injured in the blast.

And a cameraman rushing to the scene died of a heart attack.

Shortly after the bombing, the FBI arrested Richard Jewell, a security guard at the games who had first pointed out the knapsack to officers.

SOUNDBITE:

"I'm sure they're investigating everyone that was in the area."

SUPER CAPTION: Richard Jewell, Security Guard

Jewell had been put under suspicion on the possibility that he fit a known psychological type - someone thirsty for recognition, often by law enforcement, who creates a crisis so he can defuse it and become a hero.

But after nearly three months as the only named suspect, Jewell was cleared by the government on 26 October.

Stumped in its investigation, the FBI on Monday asked the public for help.

Deputy Director Weldon Kennedy announced there would be a reward of up to 500- thousand US dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the bomber or bombers.

And he defended the lack of progress in the investigation.

SOUNDBITE:

"Keep in mind there have been other bombing cases that took 17 years to solve. There are other bombing cases that were never solved. We have been five months, we've done a lot of work with the task force of a hundred individuals, not only the FBI but the ATF and other law enforcement agencies that have been working diligently on this case.

The progress that we made is that we've been able to narrow the window of the placement of this bomb down to about a twenty minute time frame."

SUPER CAPTION: Weldon Kennedy, FBI Deputy Director

According to FBI officials, the bomb was carried in a green, army-style knapsack, which was left beneath a bench next to a sound tower in the park.

At the news conference, investigators displayed a replica of the knapsack and asked for witnesses or photographs taken in the park shortly before the attack that might help identify the person who carried it.

SOUNDBITE:

"There were literally thousands, if not millions of pieces of that pack scattered all over the place. The area of course was searched and combed and many of these tiny, tiny fragments had to be reassembled and put back together. It takes time to do that."

SUPER CAPTION: Weldon Kennedy, FBI Deputy Director

Kennedy also played a recording of the 911 call received by Atlanta police about 22 minutes before the bomb exploded.

UPSOUND:

"There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have 30 minutes."

The FBI announced a U-S toll-free number for any information regarding the identity of the caller.

Atlanta, USA, 9 December 1996 and file

1. Various of bomb aftermath (July 27 '96)

2. Paramedics taking care of injured (July 27 '96)

3. FBI officers arresting Richard Jewell (August '96)

4. SOUNDBITE: Richard Jewell (August '96)

5. WS bomb site (July 28 '96)

6. MS investigators at site (July 28 '96)

9 December 1996:

7. WS press conference

8. SOUNDBITE: Weldon Kennedy, FBI Deputy Director

9. MS man carrying knapsack

10. SOUNDBITE: Weldon Kennedy

11. CU knapsack

12. MS podium

13. UPSOUND bomb warning

14. WS room

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies combed through Valerie Holliday's home Friday, whose son Edward Archer confessed to shooting a Philadelphia officer.

Jesse Hartnett was slowly patrolling his usual West Philadelphia beat Thursday just before midnight when Archer appeared out of the darkness, firing a hail of bullets at close range as he charged toward his vehicle.

Hours later, police say, Archer confessed and told investigators he was following Allah, and had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group. Archer said he believed the police department defends laws that are contrary to Islam, police said.

Local and federal authorities spent much of earlier Friday trying to verify the motive and executing search warrants at two Philadelphia area properties associated with Archer, hoping for more insight into how and why the shooting happened.

Archer's mother told The Philadelphia Inquirer her 30-year-old son had been hearing voices recently and had felt targeted by police. She said the family had asked him to get help and described him as a devout Muslim.

Investigators believe Archer traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2011 and to Egypt in 2012, FBI special agent Eric Ruona said, and the purpose of that travel was being investigated by the FBI.

Police said there was no indication anyone else was involved, and it is unclear if and where Archer practiced his faith locally.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies combed through Valerie Holliday's home Friday, whose son Edward Archer confessed to shooting a Philadelphia officer.

Jesse Hartnett was slowly patrolling his usual West Philadelphia beat Thursday just before midnight when Archer appeared out of the darkness, firing a hail of bullets at close range as he charged toward his vehicle.

Hours later, police say, Archer confessed and told investigators he was following Allah, and had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group. Archer said he believed the police department defends laws that are contrary to Islam, police said.

Local and federal authorities spent much of earlier Friday trying to verify the motive and executing search warrants at two Philadelphia area properties associated with Archer, hoping for more insight into how and why the shooting happened.

Archer's mother told The Philadelphia Inquirer her 30-year-old son had been hearing voices recently and had felt targeted by police. She said the family had asked him to get help and described him as a devout Muslim.

Investigators believe Archer traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2011 and to Egypt in 2012, FBI special agent Eric Ruona said, and the purpose of that travel was being investigated by the FBI.

Police said there was no indication anyone else was involved, and it is unclear if and where Archer practiced his faith locally.

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Yeadon, Pennsylvania – 8 January 2016

1. Pull out shows street cordoned off and law-enforcement officials standing on the sidewalk

2. Cutaway of FBI investigations team suiting up

3. FBI and other law-enforcement members preparing to enter Edward Archer's mother's home

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Robin King, Resident:

"He was like a real quiet, nice, cool kind of guy."

5. Investigations team entering home

6. Cutaway of law-enforcement on the front yard of the home

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald King, Neighbor:

"I just found that he, mostly, was by himself. You couldn't associate any particular characteristics about him other than 'he would come and go'."

8. FBI investigator photographing front door before entering the structure

9. Cutaway of investigations team looking through a white folder and speaking to other law-enforcement agents at the front of the home

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rohan Hepkins, Mayor of Yeadon:

"Drugs, drugs, weapons charges. Drugs and a lot of other petty crimes but he has a long rap sheet. (Reporter: Did he just get out of prison?) I believe he just got out of prison, as well. (Reporter: OK, and uh, did you guys ever think that he may have been a radicalized Muslim?) That's a complete shock to me and for this small borough to, you know, think that we may have been harboring, not just a criminal but a potential terrorist; you see that on TV nationally but you never think that it would hit your small town. So as mayor, it's totally shocking to me and it just shows that this can happen anywhere."

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11. Law enforcement officer walking out of the home with a box containing files/documents

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FBI director James Comey publicly addressed the agency's civil rights investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown in Missouri during a visit to Salt Lake City Tuesday, saying the bureau has sent dozens of agents to Ferguson.

Comey said the FBI has flooded the area, and called for witnesses to speak to federal investigators about the shooting that has sparked massive protests and a national conversation about civil rights and police militarization.

Comey was in Salt Lake City to meet with law enforcement leaders from Utah, Idaho and Montana as part of a tour of the agency's 56 field offices around the country. He said the FBI remains focused on fighting terrorism, especially fighters trained in Iraq or Syria and well as those who get their training online.

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Salt Lake City, Utah - August 19, 2014

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1. SOUNDBITE: James Comey, FBI director:

"I don't want to comment on a pending investigation as you know we are conducting with attorneys from the civil rights division at the Justice Department, a concurrent investigation there, a civil rights investigation. I have put a lot of people on it to make sure we gather the facts in an impartial, careful expeditious way. But because that work is ongoing I don't want to say more about it just yet."

2. SOUNDBITE: James Comey, FBI director:

"We have flooded the area because it's a circumstance in which there might be lots of folks who saw something and so we are working very hard to see if there are people with relevant information they speak to the FBI about it. If we haven't reached out to you yet, we hope you contact us if you know something that would be useful."

3. SOUNDBITE: James Comey, FBI director:

"I can tell you we have spoken to many people because we are trying to be careful and comprehensive in our canvas but I don't want to go beyond that at this point."

4. SOUNDBITE: James Comey, FBI director:

"I have a division in St. Louis which has a whole lot of agents so they've been there and involved in this from early on. I forget the exact day, they run together at this point but since very early on. We added some additional resources to do a more sweepoing canvas this weekend in particularly Saturday midday and Sunday but we've had a bunch of folks there because they live and work there from the beginning."