{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.coons.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/coons-wyden-doj-dodges-senate-questions-about-government-hacking", "Coons, Wyden: DOJ Dodges Senate Questions About Government Hacking", "2016-11-22", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Christopher Coons", "C001088", "www.coons.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.22.16\n\t\t\t Coons, Wyden: DOJ Dodges Senate Questions About Government Hacking \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, D.C. \u2013 Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. and Chris Coons, D-Del., are deeply disappointed with the Justice Department\u2019s failure to substantively answer many of the questions by 23 U.S. lawmakers about a new expanded mass hacking authority that is set to go into effect next month if Congress does not act. \u00a0\r\n\"While I am pleased that the Department of Justice responded to our October letter concerning the proposed amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, many questions remain unanswered,\" said Senator Coons. \"That is why I continue to believe Congress should have a substantive debate surrounding any changes before they go into effect on December 1, 2016.\u00a0 Congress should pass my Review the Rule Act (S.3475) and ensure we have adequate time to do our job and consider and debate these changes.\"\r\n\u201cThe American people deserve answers to these very basic questions about how our government intends to hack thousands or millions of personal devices with a single warrant,\u201d Wyden said. \u201cThe Justice Department\u2019s failure to answer these questions should be a big blinking warning sign about whether the government can be trusted to carry out these hacks without harming the security and privacy of innocent Americans\u2019 phones, computers and other devices.\u201d\r\nThe Justice Department\u2019s response, which is available here, did not provide details about how the government will uphold fundamental protections, including:\r\n \r\nHow to prevent \u201cforum shopping\u201d by federal prosecutors when seeking a single warrant to hack thousands or millions of devices;\r\nWhether and how the government plans to \u201cclean\u201d devices belonging to innocent Americans, including under what legal authority;\r\nHow the government would prevent further damaging a compromised device already hacked by both a criminal and the government;\r\nWhether having your device \u201cdamaged,\u201d and connected to a crime, is probable cause to search it.\r\n \r\nSen. Coons and Sen. Steve Daines R-Mont., along with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, have introduced a bipartisan bill to delay the rule changes for 6 months, co-sponsored by Wyden.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tSean Coit at 202-224-5042 or Sean_Coit@coons.senate.gov\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.coons.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/coons-wyden-doj-dodges-senate-questions-about-government-hacking"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.235063886269927, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}