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    Apple Will Contest Order to Unlock iPhone

    A federal court has ordered that Apple help the FBI unlock an iPhone used by one of the killers of 14 people in San Bernardino in December of last year. Last night, CEO Tim Cook said Apple will challenge what he called an "unprecedented step." Katie Benner, who covers technology for the New York Times , has more on the story.

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    By Warren Olney • Feb 17, 2016 • 6m Listen

    A federal court has ordered that Apple help the FBI unlock an iPhone used by one of the killers of 14 people in San Bernardino in December of last year. Last night, CEO Tim Cook said Apple will challenge what he called an "unprecedented step." Katie Benner, who covers technology for the New York Times, has more on the story.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Katie Benner

      New York Times

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Impact of Scalia's Vacancy on SCOTUS Cases and 2016 Election
    1. 1:47Apple Will Contest Order to Unlock iPhoneYou’re reading this
    2. 8:39The US Supreme Court and the Race to the White House
    3. 41:50TMZ a Force to Be Reckoned with, but Is It Journalism?
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