Cruz and Rubio agree: Apple should help FBI

Published February 26, 2016 2:34pm ET



Apple should help the Federal Bureau of Investigation unlock one of the company’s smartphones, leading presidential contenders agreed at the Republican debate held on Thursday.

“The only thing they’re asking of Apple is that Apple allow them to use [FBI] systems … to try and guess the password of the San Bernardino killer,” Marco Rubio said at the debate, aired on CNN. “Apple initially came out saying we are being ordered to create a backdoor to an encryption device. That is not accurate.

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