Commentary ACLU Comment on FBI Director Comey’s Encryption Speech by Gary Kopycinski on October 16, 2014 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. FBI Director James Comey gave a speech today suggesting that the growing use of encryption technologies on mobile devices could hinder law enforcement.