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SHORT: Rumana Ahmed lasted eight days in Trump's White House
Immigration Ban: The Republican Response, the Christian Response, and the Complexities of Digital Security
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60 Republican lawmakers have expressed reservations or declined to fully support Trump's immigration ban. One of them is Congressman Leonard Lance from New Jersey's 7th district. He believes the order was rushed and poorly implemented.The Pope family has been living off the land in Loyal, Oklahoma since 1902. Farm life has never been easy but in today’s world it’s even more difficult to make ends meet on a family owned farm, and for the Pope’s that means farming and ranching but also oil and gas. The Takeaway traveled to the center of the country to take the nation's pulse.
The exposure of President Trump and his team to security threats appears to be broad, with Trump continuing to use his old unsecured Android phone to tweet and his press secretary Sean Spicer repeatedly tweeting letters and numbers suspected to be his password. Jamil Jaffer, Director of the Homeland and National Security Law Program at the Scalia Law School of George Mason University, assesses the cybersecurity risk in the White House.
Manoush Zomorodi, host of Note To Self, presents "The Privacy Paradox,” an audience engagement series that unpacks one of the greatest dilemmas we face in our wired-up world: how to stay connected without feeling intruded upon by our services and software. Despite a measure in Trump's immigration ban that would prioritize Christian refugees, many Christian leaders are speaking out against the ban. Jennifer Smyers, Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Immigration and Refugee Program of the Church World Service shares that perspective. Notable billionaire Warren Buffett eats McDonald's for breakfast. That's one of many facts revealed about "The Oracle of Omaha" in Peter Kunhardt's new documentary, "Becoming Warren Buffett." Susie Buffett talks about her father and the new documentary in this segment.Trump's Immigration Ban, Security Council Shakeup, NATO Reckons With Russia
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President Trump's executive order banning Syrian refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim nations sparked confusion and outrage this weekend, as travelers were left stranded at airports, protesters took to the streets and a federal judge ruling prompted the White House to roll back part of the order. Attorney and former immigration judge Eliza Klein examines the order and where it stands now.In a restructuring of the National Security Council, Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will face diminished roles while Trump’s Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon will join the national security group. Matthew Waxman, co-chair of the Cybersecurity Center at the Columbia Data Science Institute explains what this means for security.
In the wake of Trump's refugee ban, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed refugees into his country "regardless of faith." As Trump continues to pursue warming relations with Putin, NATO warns that elevating the Russian president to global superpower status could have negative consequences for the organization. Former deputy commander of NATO Sir Richard Shirreff explains.Timothy Tyson chronicles the life and death of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago, whose murder launched the civil rights movement. The new book, "The Blood of Emmett Till," comes out tomorrow.
Apple Vs. The FBI: What You Need to Know
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A California judge has ordered Apple to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, Syed Rizwan Farook, but Apple is opposing the FBI request and the court order.
The federal order, issued by Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym on Wendesday, directs Apple to "build special software that would essentially act as a skeleton key capable of unlocking the phone," our partner The New York Times reports.
Though the company has helped the FBI before, CEO Tim Cook issued a lengthy statement explaining why Apple is digging in its heels. It reads in part:
"We have great respect for the professionals at the FBI, and we believe their intentions are good. Up to this point, we have done everything that is both within our power and within the law to help them. But now the U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone.
"Specifically, the FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation. In the wrong hands, this software — which does not exist today — would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession."
Cook later added:
"The implications of the government’s demands are chilling. If the government can use the [1789] All Writs Act to make it easier to unlock your iPhone, it would have the power to reach into anyone’s device to capture their data. The government could extend this breach of privacy and demand that Apple build surveillance software to intercept your messages, access your health records or financial data, track your location, or even access your phone’s microphone or camera without your knowledge."
According to Katie Brenner, a technology reporter for our partner The New York Times, this fight may become the signature case on privacy and security in the age of encryption.