ACLU Comment on FBI Effort to Force Apple to Unlock iPhone

NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2016.   The American Civil Liberties Union said today that it would support Apple’s legal fight against a court order to help the government unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the people responsible for the San Bernardino shootings.

Alex Abdo, staff attorney with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, had this comment:

“This is an unprecedented, unwise, and unlawful move by the government. The Constitution does not permit the…