SUNDANCE: Republicans Targeting Encrypted Messaging Via Trump Assassin

It started with Senator Lindsey Graham (of course) saying that perhaps electronic encryption programs needed a legislative ban as an outcome of the Trump assassination attempt. The “never let a crisis go to waste” narrative continues advancing today with Congressman Mike Waltz.

CHICAGO — Trump rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks used encrypted messaging accounts on various platforms located in Belgium, New Zealand and Germany, according to a member of a congressional task force investigating his assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), one of 13 lawmakers tapped to serve on the House bipartisan task force, told reporters at a Wednesday press conference at the Trump Hotel Chicago that the “overseas accounts” piqued his suspicion immediately regarding the shooter’s motives.”

“Why does a 19-year-old kid who is a health care aid need encrypted platforms not even based in the United States, but based abroad – where most terrorist organizations know it is harder for our law enforcement to get into?” asked Waltz. (read more)

If you do not choose to give up some private communication tools in order to make the USA a safer place, then you don’t care about the security of President Trump or something. That’s the growing talking point from the professionally republican.

The Deep State loves unilateral transparency, where the People are transparent, and they remain opaque. Look where we are.  We never should have agreed to take off our shoes at the airport.