Kasich claims encryption played a role in San Bernardino attack

By Rudy Takala

Published December 16, 2015 3:40am ET

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Kasich claims encryption played a role in San Bernardino attack — "The people in San Bernardino were communicating with people who the [Federal Bureau of Investigation] had been watching, but because their phone was encrypted ... it was lost," Kasich said. "We have to solve the encryption problem." (Screenshot)

The perpetrators in the San Bernardino, Calif., terrorist attack benefited from encryption, Ohio Gov. John Kasich claimed during the Republican presidential debate on Tuesday.

“The people in San Bernardino were communicating with people who the FBI had been watching, but because their phone was encrypted … it was lost,” Kasich said. “We have to solve the encryption problem.”

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