[cynwoody]

The bureau could likely unlock the iPhone, Woolsey said, but the manner in which it wants to accomplish that goal would make it necessary for Apple to create a backdoor into its phones. The company shouldn't have to do that, he said.

Woolsey is correct.

[pepsionice]

Only to add fuel to the fire....we are only a couple of years away from cars being delivered off to the lot to you....with an enormous amount of computing power built into them. Will the FBI go to Ford, Chevy and GM....demanding a back-door into that technology as well?