Dear Colleagues,
According to US law, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are
supposed to use their own, or government resources wherever possible,
rather than rely on those of private organisations, public corporations
and private individuals, so that they don't place an undue burden on
them and use taxpayers money which is already committed to such a
project, frivously. I don't know about you, but I have found it rather
strange that none of the US intelligence and security services, have as
yet admitted or even commented on whether they have the resources, the
software and other wherewithalls to do so.
The FBI is pursuing the case against Apple on the basis of using the
All Writs Act of 1789, which is limited in its jurisdiction for issuing
search warrants in certain circumstances. One of those limiting
circumstances is that it (FBI) or other law enforcement should find out
from other government agencies whether it can get the information it
requires from the phone in another way, or from another agency. I wonder
if the FBI will be submitting any declaration that they have in fact
consulted with other specialist state agencies to see if they can derive
the contents of Farooks phone, and all the other 225 Iphones by other
means, which are within the parlance and ambit of those agencies...
Just a thought...a mere spes...a tiny musing
ATB
Doug.
