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Friend of San Bernardino killers agrees to plead guilty
LOS ANGELES — A man accused of buying high-powered rifles used in the San Bernardino terror attack has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, court documents released Tuesday...
San Bernardino killer was livid over mandatory Christmas lunch
San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook shot up his co-workers because he was angry over having to attend a mandatory Christmas-themed lunch, where he was coerced to pose for a group...
'It was worth it': FBI paid over $1M to hack terrorist's iPhone
The FBI paid $1.3 million to hack into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists, agency director James Comey revealed Thursday. During a security conference in London, Comey...
FBI: San Bernardino terrorists did not contact ISIS
The FBI has determined that the San Bernardino terrorists did not contact ISIS or other plotters during the 18-minute timeline gap after the Dec. 2 massacre, a report said. Investigators...
FBI paid hackers to crack terrorist's iPhone
The FBI reportedly paid professional hackers for a piece of hardware that enabled investigators to access an iPhone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook. According to the Washington Post,...
FBI's secret iPhone-hacking method is embarrassing to all parties
The FBI’s secret iPhone-hacking method is either a matter of national security or a threat to privacy — and maybe just a little embarrassing to all parties. The feds revealed...
The iPhone privacy debate is far from settled
The extraordinary legal fight pitting the Obama administration against technology giant Apple ended unexpectedly after the FBI said it used a mysterious method without Apple’s help to hack into a...
FBI breaks into San Bernardino gunman's iPhone, ending court case
The feds have finally broken into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino terrorists, halting what was expected to be an explosive court showdown between the government and...
Prosecutor: iPhone could ID unknown San Bernardino attacker
LOS ANGELES — Information contained in an encrypted iPhone could help finally answer whether there was a third assailant in the San Bernardino terror attack that killed 14 people, according...
NY judge: US cannot make Apple provide iPhone data to feds
Apple has won the first round in its decryption brawl with Brooklyn feds. In a hotly anticipated decision, a Brooklyn magistrate judge ruled Monday that prosecutors can't force the company...
Apple CEO says FBI's hack request threatens data security for 'hundreds of millions'
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook changed course Monday in his opposition to a court order that the company help hack a terrorist’s iPhone — warning that compliance would set “a...
FBI searches home of San Bernardino shooter's Navy vet brother
CORONA, Calif. — FBI agents on Thursday searched the California home belonging to a family member of the husband-and-wife killers who massacred 14 people in the San Bernardino terror attack,...
San Bernardino terror attack could have been a whole lot worse
WASHINGTON — A homemade bomb left behind by the husband and wife who perpetrated a mass shooting at a California social services center failed to detonate because it was poorly...
FBI stumped by 18-minute gap in timeline of California terror attack
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Federal authorities have compiled a detailed timeline surrounding the terror attack in San Bernardino that killed 14 people. But they asked for the public's help Tuesday...
Neighbor of San Bernardino killers indicted on terror charge
A former neighbor who prosecutors say supplied assault rifles to the couple who massacred 14 people at a county office building in San Bernardino, California, was indicted on Wednesday on...
Cleric denies ties to San Bernardino killers as phone records surface
The cleric acting as spokesman for the San Bernardino mosque where terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook worshipped claims he barely knew Farook and didn’t know his terrorist wife at all. But...
San Bernardino shooter's 'incomplete' fiancée visa revealed
The application for murderous San Bernardino jihadi Tashfeen Malik’s fiancée visa shows that her American-born husband gave the US government scant evidence to prove their relationship — but immigration officials...
California terrorist's relative in 'sham' marriage with gun-buying friend
Enrique Marquez, the pal who bought guns for San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook, was paid $200 month to enter into a sham marriage with one of the slain terrorist’s...
Calif. shooter, pal planned to shoot up school cafeteria
San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook planned other deadly attacks with his gun-buying pal Enrique Marquez — including one where they would rain bombs down on his former California college...
California terrorists never backed jihad on social media: FBI
The husband-and-wife terror team who killed 14 people in California never pledged support to jihadists on social media, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday — rebutting previous reports citing top...