Snowden slams FBI for perjury

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Edward Snowden accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation Monday night of perjuring itself by claiming that it just could not figure out how to hack an iPhone on its own.

“They exploited trust in pursuit of precedent,” the former National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower said in a message on Twitter. “Every credible expert knew there were alternative means. That [the] FBI went so far on so little demonstrated a disregard of facts: bad faith.”

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