 In a 2014 meeting, Cole said a new encryption policy for iMessage would hinder criminal investigations.On August 29, 2013, the Department of Justice published a memorandum authored by Cole which described a new set of priorities for federal prosecutors operating in states which had legalized the medical or other adult use of marijuana.The "Cole memo" followed a 2009 memorandum from Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden directing U.S.