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FBI releases documents related to San Bernardino iPhone
ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
FBI on Friday released 100
pages of heavily censored
documents related to its
agreement with an un-
identified vendor to hack
into an iPhone used by one
of the San Bernardino, Cali-
fornia, shooters, but it did
not identify whom it paid
to perform the work or how
much it cost. The records
were provided in response
to a federal lawsuit filed
against the FBI by The As-
sociated Press, Vice Media
and Gannett, the parent
company of USA Today.
The media organizations
sued in September to learn
how much the FBI paid and
who it hired to break into
the phone of Syed Rizwan
Farook, who along with his
wife killed 14 people at a
holiday gathering of coun- did not solicit competing harm national security.
ty workers in December bids or proposals because The lawsuit was filed months tool from an unidentified
2015. The FBI for weeks had it thought widely disclosing after the FBI’s sudden an- third party to open Fa- tions others were involved.
maintained that only Ap-
ple Inc. could access the
information on its phone,
which was protected by
encryption, but ultimately
broke or bypassed Apple’s
digital locks with the help
of an unnamed third party.
The FBI, in its records re-
lease Friday, censored
critical details that would
have shown how much the
FBI paid, whom it hired and
how it opened the phone.
The files had been marked
“secret” before they were
turned over under the law-
suit. The files make clear
that the FBI signed a non-
disclosure agreement with
the vendor. The records
also show that the FBI re-
ceived at least three in-
quiries from companies
interested in developing
a product to unlock the
phone, but none had the
ability to come up with a
solution fast enough for the eral courthouse in Boston after a hearing. Jury selection is set
FBI. to begin in his murder trial Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Boston. Opening statements are set for Monday.q
The FBI also said in con-
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rook’s phone. The disclo-
sure aborted a court fight
that began when a federal
judge had directed Apple
to help the FBI break into
the phone.
The suit by the media orga-
nizations argued there was
no legal basis to withhold
the information and chal-
lenged the adequacy of
the FBI’s search for relevant
records. It also said the
public had a right to know
whether the vendor has
adequate security mea-
sures, is a proper recipient
of government funds and
will act only in the public in-
terest.In refusing to provide
the records, the FBI said the
records had been com-
piled for law enforcement
In this Feb. 17, 2016 file photo an iPhone is seen in Washington. purposes and might inter-
Associated Press fere with ongoing enforce-
ment proceedings, even
tracting documents that it the bureau’s needs could nouncement in March though at the time the
that it had purchased a shooters were both dead
and there were no indica-
Jury seated in trial over
meningitis outbreak
that killed 64
BOSTON (AP) — A jury has been seated to hear the case
against a former top executive at a Massachusetts com-
pounding pharmacy blamed for a national meningitis
outbreak that killed 64 people in 2012.
Barry Cadden is charged with 25 counts of second-de-
gree murder and other offenses under federal racketeer-
ing laws. He is the co-founder and former head pharma-
cist of New England Compounding Center in Framing-
ham.
Federal prosecutors allege that the center used expired
ingredients and failed to follow industry cleanliness stan-
dards, resulting in tainted steroid injections.
Cadden has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer has said that
prosecutors overreached in charging him with causing
deaths.
Jury selection began Wednesday in U.S. District Court,
In this Dec. 19, 2014, file photo, Barry Cadden leaves the fed- and a panel of five men and 10 women was selected
Friday.
Associated Press