With choice for CIA chief, Trump picks a foe of Silicon Valley's encryption stance

In his nomination of U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo to head the CIA, President-elect Donald Trump has picked someone who has supported NSA surveillance programs and has criticized Silicon Valley's stance on encryption.

Pompeo, a Republican from Kansas, is a former cavalry officer in the U.S. Army and a graduate of West Point. He serves on the House Intelligence Committee and is perhaps best known for his role on the Benghazi committee that investigated Hillary Clinton.

But his committee assignment has also put him in the middle of several recent issues that have pitched the U.S. intelligence community against major tech companies.

Back in February when the FBI was fighting Apple to gain access to data inside an iPhone used by a San Bernadino mass shooter, Pompeo criticized the company's position. Pompeo called Apple CEO Tim Cook's resistance to a subpoena "disappointing" and said he "should not stand in the way of the FBI’s investigation into a dead ISIS terrorist, who has the blood of 14 innocent Americans on his hands."

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