FBI Not Able To Unlock The San Bernardino Terrorist Cell Phone

Tashfeen Malik (left) and Syed Farook are pictured passing through Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in this July 27, 2014, handout photo obtained by Reuters on Dec. 8, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS/U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

L.A. Times: FBI can't figure out how to unlock encrypted phone in San Bernardino investigation

FBI technicians have been unable to unlock encrypted data on a cellphone that belonged to the terrorist couple who killed 14 people in San Bernardino on Dec. 2, the FBI director said Tuesday.

The failure, the second such case in recent months, has left investigators in the dark about at least some of the married couple's communications before they were killed in a shootout with police.

“We still have one of those killers' phones that we haven’t been able to open," FBI Director James B. Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee. "It has been two months now and we are still working on it."

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WNU Editor: This is a surprise .... and an indication on how good encryption programs have become over the years.