Plus, they are hesitant to give any help to the US govt and be put in a

position to give the same kind of help to other foreign governments (China) that might have a different definition of "criminal" than the US has; i.e. their criminal might be a mere political dissenter.

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Posted: 05/18/2020 at 11:52AM

Update on the NAS Pensacola Shooting -- EDGEMAN 05/18/2020 10:59AM

This goes had in hand with the FBI admitting that The Saudi Gvt had -- vt_mughal 05/18/2020 12:14PM

Agree. Could the US govt cut ties with Saudi Arabia AND China...? -- kingofcassell 05/18/2020 12:39PM

NO on China, first, alot of our stuff comes from them, secondly if -- fordham 05/18/2020 1:38PM

China is an economic discussion.. Access to their cheap labor and 1.5 BIL -- Vienna_Hokie 05/18/2020 1:22PM

I think the moment that happens, Iran will be getting the green light to... -- EDGEMAN 05/18/2020 12:24PM

Thoughts on Apple not helping the FBI unlock the phone ...? ** -- kingofcassell 05/18/2020 11:26AM

The FBI can crack the phones -- lchoro 05/18/2020 12:30PM

They only do that to sell stuff for amazon ** -- bigbadbird 05/18/2020 11:42AM

Does it say that? If they did help, it likely wouldn't be confirmed ** -- LaneRat 05/18/2020 11:29AM

AG Barr's statement said DOJ and POTUS asked, but Apple did not help -- kingofcassell 05/18/2020 11:47AM

I think that's always been their absolute stance, if I'm not mistaken. ** -- BG Hokie 05/18/2020 11:29AM

Correct, they did NOT want a backdoor into phones IIRC ** -- hoosnowahokie 05/18/2020 11:32AM

Yeah - their stance is that any backdoor the good guys use will eventually -- Hokie360 05/18/2020 11:42AM

And, the goodguy/badguy argument changes as geo-politics change. ** -- vt_mughal 05/18/2020 12:16PM

Or backdooring bad habits by good guys. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/18/2020 12:06PM

Plus, they are hesitant to give any help to the US govt and be put in a -- Hokie360 05/18/2020 11:52AM

Another Saudi and Al Qaeda link. ** -- Stork 05/18/2020 11:07AM

Everyone thought it 5 minutes after reading about but it was -- bigbadbird 05/18/2020 11:04AM

Plus, they are hesitant to give any help to the US govt and be put in a

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