But we already know they'd lying if they said they can't "do that" now. That's why they aren't saying "we can't do that." The threat to privacy is no different

But we already know they'd lying if they said they can't "do that" now. That's why they aren't saying "we can't do that." The threat to privacy is no different weather Apple complies or not. No precedent would be set, because this isn't different than any other time the FBI has demanded documents about a person from a company. I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know if a company has to comply when the FBI demands information for a person. But if they do, this shouldn't be seen as any different.