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Joseph Gedeon in Washington

US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case

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Senator Ron Wyden, pictured, congressman Warren Davidson, accuses the Home Office of trying to override Congress’s constitutional powers. Photograph: Annabelle Gordon/Reuters

A bipartisan pair of American politicians is telling Britain’s most secretive court to stop hiding its handling of Apple’s legal fight against a government demand to break into its customers’ encrypted data, warning that Whitehall’s taste for secrecy is “needlessly” straining relations between the two allies.

The letter, shared with the Guardian ahead of being sent to the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT) on Friday, is signed by the Democratic senator Ron Wyden of Oregon and the Republican congressman Warren Davidson of Ohio.

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