FBI Chief Says Phone May Hold Key to Terrorists' Missing Minutes
- Comey says U.S. not looking to send message with court order
- Apple says FBI seeks `dangerous power' in bid to unlock iPhone
FBI's Comey: Apple Dispute Could Impact Other Cases
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Unlocking a terrorist’s iPhone may help investigators solve a mystery from last year’s deadly mass shooting in California: the attackers’ whereabouts for 18 minutes after they began their rampage at a holiday party, FBI Director James Comey said.
Yet that answer will remain out of reach, as Apple Inc. continues to fight a federal judge’s order to help investigators open the iPhone used by one of the assailants. On Thursday, the company asked the judge to set aside the order, saying the government was overstepping its bounds.