US defense chief tells Silicon Valley: 'encryption is essential'
by Spencer Ackerman in New York and Danny Yadron in S from on (#15T0G)
Ashton Carter has been courting tech firms in San Francisco, trying to heal the rift between the Pentagon and the industry in the ongoing Apple and FBI clash
The escalating encryption fight between Apple and the FBI has a prominent dissenter inside the government: US defense secretary Ashton Carter.
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