Apple disputed Attorney General William Barr's statement that the company hasn't helped federal investigators unlock two iPhones used by the Saudi shooter who killed three people at a Navy base in Pensacola.
Apple disputed Attorney General William Barr's statement that the company hasn't helped federal investigators unlock two iPhones used by the Saudi shooter who killed three people at a Navy base in Pensacola, Florida, last month.was an"act of terrorism."
During a news conference Monday, Barr said investigators recovered two heavily-damaged iPhones from the deceased shooter. The gunman is believed to have shot one of them in an effort to render it unusable. In addition to the FBI's initial request the day of the shooting, Apple said it responded to six more legal requests for information between Dec. 7 and Dec. 14. The company said it provided iCloud backups, account information and transactional data for multiple accounts.
Investigators found that on Sept. 11 last year, the shooter posted on social media that"the countdown has begun." He visited the 9/11 Memorial in New York City over Thanksgiving weekend, and he posted"anti-American, anti-Israeli and jihadi messages" on social media two hours before the attack, Barr said.
That effort was led by James Comey, the director of the FBI at the time. He argued that the bureau sought access to the particular phone used by the San Bernardino attacker, and it didn't want to establish a sweeping precedent to gain access to all encrypted devices.
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