As the New York Times reports, Attorney General William Barr said this week that a shooting at a naval air station in Pensacola, Florida, last month was an act of terrorism and asked Apple to unlock two iPhones used by the shooter. In early December, a Saudi Air Force cadet training in Florida, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, killed three sailors and wounded eight others after opening fire in a classroom where he was training with the U.S. military to become a pilot. Attorney General Barr said that Apple had not provided substantive assistance in accessing Alshamrani’s iPhones but Apple disputed that claim, saying that it had been working with the FBI since the shooting occurred and had given investigators access to his iCloud account and other data. As the Times report notes, the standoff is reminiscent of a 2016 case where Apple refused to break the encryption of a phone used by a shooter in a California terror attack. Keep reading for more news. Jobs. The School of Government recently announced that it is recruiting for two faculty positions that readers of this blog may find interesting. One position is a tenure-track assistant professor who will specialize in criminal law. The duties of that position include planning and teaching in programs and conferences for judicial officials, advising officials about legal issues, and writing practical scholarship. The other is a tenure-track position focusing on land use law and planning. The duties of that position include planning and teaching in programs and conferences for [...]
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