[Cryptography] USG v. Apple, Apple Motion to Vacate Decrypt Order

[John Young]

At 11:13 AM 2/26/2016, Henry Baker wrote:

>If this interpretation of the All Writs Act is upheld, then the DOJ 
>will have to consult with the intelligence community prior to 
>compelling companies like Apple to decrypt phones. It would be quite 
>interesting for DOJ to publicly stipulate that NSA could (or could 
>not) break into iOS 8 or 9. This is truly a sticky wicket, since the 
>intelligence community is generally prohibited from working on 
>domestic issues.

We asked for an opinion of Michael Froomkin, Law Professor at 
University of Miami, on Henry Baker's
comments:

https://cryptome.org/2016/02/can-spies-break-apple-crypto.htm