The Paris attacks weren’t stopped by metadata surveillance. That hasn’t stopped officials from saying it might have.

Metadata Surveillance Didn’t Stop the Paris Attacks. Intelligence Officials Want More of It Anyway.

Since terrorists struck Paris last Friday night, the debate over whether encryption prevents intelligence services from stopping attacks has reignited. The

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