That he said things to the press about the Apple/iPhone incident that he had to know to be untrue at the time didn't indicate his lack of principle? He said th

That he said things to the press about the Apple/iPhone incident that he had to know to be untrue at the time didn't indicate his lack of principle? He said the agency was pursuing terrorists and he thought the locked iphone was important, but he specifically didn't actually take it to anyone who could help, indicating that he was 1) lying or 2) willing to let more attacks happen to make a point.