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What the FBI’s iPhone hack means; PLUS: Are the FBI’s “Shared Responsibility Committees” an informant network?

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Cyrus Farivar

The FBI announced that it has broken into the iPhone of Syed Farook, one of the San Bernadino shooters–and  they did it without a court order. Cyrus Farivar joins us to discuss how and why. Plus: we talk with Samer Khalef about a new FBI surveillance program called “Shared Responsibility Committees,” that critics are calling “informant networks” targeting the Arab and Muslim communities.

Guests:

  • Alex MacDonald, a journalist and commentator for the website Middle East Eye
  • Cyrus Farivar, Senior Business Editor at Ars Technica
  • Samer Khalef, President of Arab American Anti Discrimination Committee

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