Federal prosecutors file court papers to compel Apple to retrieve information from terrorist's iPhone

RIVERSIDE - Federal prosecutors filed court papers in Riverside today (Fri., Feb. 19) seeking to compel Apple to comply with an earlier order requiring the company to access information from the iPhone of one of the two terrorists who killed 14 people in San Bernardino.

Apple has resisted the order, which was issued earlier this week by a magistrate judge in Riverside, saying it would compromise the security of all iPhone owners' information.

"Rather than assist the effort to fully investigate a deadly terrorist attack by obeying this court's order of February 16, 2016, Apple has responded by...