Lawmakers Ask FBI Why It Isn"t Getting Busy Cracking Its Stockpile Of Seized Smartphones

Ever since the FBI began its "going dark" crusade, crucial questions have gone unanswered. Considering the budget and technical expertise the FBI has access to, why was it so necessary to get Apple to crack an iPhone"s encryption for the Bureau? Turns out it wasn"t. The FBI did have a solution, but the head of the division charged with cracking open the San Bernardino shooter"s phone didn"t want a technical solution. He wanted a courtroom solution.