Congress Seeks Apple Testimony Amid FBI Row Over Encryption

At least two congressional committees are planning hearings after Apple’s refusal to help the FBI unlock a phone used by a terrorist. The House Judiciary Committee asked officials from Apple to testify at a March 1 hearing, according to people familiar with the planning. And the House Commerce Committee sent letters to Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, asking them to testify. A date wasn’t specified.

The hearings follow Apple’s refusal to comply with a court order obtained by the FBI that requires the company to help unlock an iPhone used by the gunman in the December massacre in San Bernardino, California.