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.

theverge.com/2024/7/15/2419894

Indeed, the FBI said they're "optimistic" about getting in:

x.com/kevincollier/status/1812

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.

FBI is working to break into the phone of the Trump rally shooter

The FBI told reporters it shipped the phone to its lab in Virginia after investigators in Pennsylvania were unable to get into it.

The Verge
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