Nope, I'm not. Congressmen discuss bills with each other before releasing. They usually won't come out with something unless there's some support. Obama's be

Nope, I'm not. Congressmen discuss bills with each other before releasing. They usually won't come out with something unless there's some support. Obama's been asking for this legislation since Cyrus Vance's whitepaper in November 2015 [1] For further play-by-play you can skim the white house daily briefings for references to encryption and/or feinstein over the last few months [2]. [1] https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/dont-panic/DA_Report_Smartphone_Encryption_Public_Safety_11182015.pdf https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/dont-panic/DA_Repor... [2] https://encrypted.google.com/search?safe=off&q=encryption+feinstein+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2Fthe-press-office%2F&oq=encryption+feinstein+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2Fthe-press-office%2F&gs_l=serp.3...14087.15122.0.16090.10.10.0.0.0.0.140.865.7j3.10.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..2.0.0.izbq7Y-6VfA https://encrypted.google.com/search?safe=off&q=encryption+fe...