And wounded eight other americans. Four months ago i announced this shooting was an act of terrorism. I also publicly asked apple to help us access the locked contents of the two iphones belonging to the terrorist who was killed. It was clear at the time that the phones were likely to contain very important information. Indeed he attempted to destroy both phones going so far as to disengage from the gunfight long enough to fire a bullet into one of the phones. Within one day of the shooting the fbi saw it and obtained court orders supported by probable cause authorizing the bureau to search the contents of both phones as part of the investigation. The problem was the phones were locked and the fbi did not have the passwords so they needed help to get in. We asked apple for assistance in the president asked apple for assistance. Unfortunately, apple would not help us unlock the phones. Apple had deliberately designed them so that only the user, in this case the terrorist, could gain acc
Good morning, everybody, and thank you for joining us at our second Virtual Press conference. I am joined by fbi director chris wray and we are here to discuss developments in the fbi investigation of the shooting at the Pensacola Naval air station that killed three u. S. Sailors and wounded eight other americans. Four months ago i announced this shooting was an act of terrorism. I also publicly asked apple to help us access the locked contents of the two iphones belonging to the terrorist who was killed. It was clear at the time that the phones were likely to contain very important information. Indeed he attempted to destroy both phones going so far as to disengage from the gunfight long enough to fire a bullet into one of the phones. Within one day of the shooting the fbi saw it and obtained court orders supported by probable cause authorizing the bureau to search the contents of both phones as part of the investigation. The problem was the phones were locked and the fbi did not have
Evidence from the gunmans phone that showed a link to al qaeda. From the Justice Department, this is 40 minutes. Ok. Good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us at our second Virtual Press conference. Today im joined by fbi director chris wray and we are here to discuss developments in the fbi investigation of the shooting at the Pensacola Naval air station that killed three u. S. Sailors and wounded eight other americans. That killed three u. S. Sailors and wounded eight other americans. Four months ago i announced this shooting was an act of terrorism. I also publicly asked apple to help us access the locked contents of the two iphones belonging to the terrorist who was killed. It was clear at the time that the phones were likely to contain very important information. Indeed he attempted to destroy both phones going so far as to disengage from the gunfight long enough to fire a bullet into one of the phones. Within one day of the shooting the fbi saw it and obtained court orde