Judicial panel members consider legal brief in Apple case: sources

By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the House Judiciary Committee are considering filing a "friend of the court" brief in Apple Inc's [AAPL.O] encryption dispute with the U.S. government to argue that the case should be decided by Congress and not the courts, five sources familiar with the matter said. Any filing would occur after a panel hearing on Tuesday that will include FBI Director James Comey and Apple General Counsel Bruce Sewell. The filing would argue that the Feb. 16 orde