Testimony to Australian Parliamentary Committee on Assistance & Access Bill

Today I testified telephonically before Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security regarding the proposed Assistance and Access Bill. At the Committee's request, I submitted supplemental comments in advance of the hearing about the interaction between the Bill and the recently-enacted CLOUD Act in the United States. This was my third round of comments on the Bill; the others are here and here. Below is my opening statement to my testimony (more or less – I made some tweaks on the fly): Thank you to the Committee for inviting me to testify today. First, thanks for heeding the feedback from the last hearing about the very short notice on which witnesses were invited to testify. The longer that witnesses have to prepare, the better the job we can do when we appear before you. Next, I want to take a step back and question the necessity for this Bill to be passed, at least in its 172-page current form. It is not clear whether the alarmingly…

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