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Here goes. 4 months ago Barr called it terrorism & asked Apple to help unlock his iphone. The phones were likely to contain important information & suspect shot both phones during the incident to destroy them.
Here goes. 4 months ago Barr called it terrorism & asked Apple to help unlock his iphone. The phones were likely to contain important information & suspect shot both phones during the incident to destroy them.
FBI did not have the passwords even with a court order. DOJ & @potus asked Apple for help & they declined.
FBI technicians succeeded in unlocking his phones!
Contained info to prove significant ties to Al Qadea in the Arabian Peninsula. Ties in the years, months & days before.
FBI technicians succeeded in unlocking his phones!
Contained info to prove significant ties to Al Qadea in the Arabian Peninsula. Ties in the years, months & days before.
The info allowed a mission against a leader of AQAP in Yemen based upon the information found on the phone.
AQAP murdered 3 & wounded 8 in America.
FBI techs succeeded in recovering the data, but investigations continue based on this information.
The info that Apple denied the FBI, has been used to successfully target AQAP leaders!
FBI techs succeeded in recovering the data, but investigations continue based on this information.
The info that Apple denied the FBI, has been used to successfully target AQAP leaders!
Pensacola attack was the result of years of planning & preparation. The shooter did not radicalize while training in the US, but was participating with AQAP people by at least 2015. He joined the Saudi Air Force to perform a "special operation" for Al Qaeda.
Continued AQAP communications while in the US. Wrote a will on his phone that AQAP released 2 months after the attack to claim it.
Was still talking to AQAP the night before the attack.
The info from the iPhone proves he was a determined premeditated terrorist operative.
Was still talking to AQAP the night before the attack.
The info from the iPhone proves he was a determined premeditated terrorist operative.
Case is a potent reminder of the threats we face.
Wray congratulates FBI personnel who solved the Apple iPhone lock problem. Because Apple provided no help & no vendors had the tools to do the job. Need a broader fix for the @Apple problem.
Wray congratulates FBI personnel who solved the Apple iPhone lock problem. Because Apple provided no help & no vendors had the tools to do the job. Need a broader fix for the @Apple problem.
.@Apple blocked FBI for months from recovering information demanded by court ordered warrants. Resources could have been better spent working against terrorists & criminals instead of Apple's intransigence.
Now suspects have had months to concoct stories, destroy evidence & flee justice. Thanks to @Apple.
Barr expresses disappointment that it took 4 months & large amounts of taxpayer resources to correct a business decision by @Apple. A marketing decision to prevent law enforcement access to devices serves to protect criminal's privacy interest from the interests of the public.
Barr confident that tech companies can design secure systems that provide law enforcement with court ordered access. Especially when @apple enables far worse violations of privacy for authoritarian regimes in China & Russia. While ignoring needs of democracies w the rule of law.
