“While we should not hesitate to deploy encryption to protect ourselves from cybercriminals, this should not be done in a way that eviscerates society's ability to defend itself against other types of criminal threats. In other words, making our virtual world more secure should not come at the expense of making us more vulnerable in the real world.”

American attorney

William Pelham Barr is an American attorney, best known for serving as United States Attorney General under Presidents George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump. He held the post from 1991 to 1993, and again from 2019 to 2020. Barr is known for his long career in law and public service at the highest level of the U.S. government. His public role is tied to those two terms as attorney general, one in the early 1990s and the other during the first Trump administration.