If you read the letter carefully, you'll notice it talks about brute-forcing the password. I guess the assumption is that the password is brute-forceable, but t

If you read the letter carefully, you'll notice it talks about brute-forcing the password. I guess the assumption is that the password is brute-forceable, but the FBI is unable -- or unwilling -- to write their own software to do it. This seems surprising to me; you'd think the FBI could employ a few hardware hackers for this. Maybe they are only pushing the issue for political reasons -- actual jihadist terrorist attacks on US soil don't happen very often, better milk it for all it's worth?