Summary: In our eighty-first episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Maury Shenk, Michael Vatis, and Jason Weinstein discuss: President Xi’s visit to the White House; the White House (and Silicon Valley’s) take on encryption. From MI5 to the NYDFS to the new Indian government, dissing strong encryption is a surprisingly popular pastime; Congress hears from regulators on the email warrant requirement; the fate of the EU’s data retention law; Judge Leon’s section 215 plaintiff he sought; and a Heartland hacker pleads guilty. In our second half we have an interview with Margie Gilbert, a network security professional with service at NSA, CIA, ODNI, Congress, and the NSC. Now at Team Cymru, she’s able to offer a career’s worth of perspective on how three Presidents have tried to remedy the country’s unpreparedness for network intrusions. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
