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The FBI is trying to crack into Crooks' phone. Given their best opportunity since Jan. 6, they did NOT immediately start vociferously decrying device encryption. They won't even say what kind of phone it is. That's telling.
Indeed, the FBI said they're "optimistic" about getting in:
https://x.com/kevincollier/status/1812571800200434141
Keep an eye on this story, but it may be that the era of LE complaining about device encryption is now definitively over - because they can reliably get around it.