> The debate is fairly pointless, govt will do whatever they want anyway. Clearly they never had problem with that. The problem they have is that it takes NSA

> The debate is fairly pointless, govt will do whatever they want anyway. Clearly they never had problem with that. The problem they have is that it takes NSA up to 8 months to crack a key for one single iPhone, and the list of crack-awaiting devices grows every day. That's is what they are truly complaining about and as others pointed - they try to use this case of supposedly pro-terrorist Apple to force them to give out the key that would open any and all other I-devices. I bet a bottom dollar if Apple asks to hand the device and they will retrieve info off of it, FBI would come up to every possible excuse -- including the one that the cannot trust Apple employees -- not to hand it over. They want the KEY, not any other way around!