WASHINGTON - FBI Director James Comey says the agency owes it to the victims of the San Bernardino terror attacks to try to gain access to a cellphone used by one of the gunmen.
In a message posted Sunday night on the Lawfare blog, Comey said the FBI "can't look the survivors in the eye, or ourselves in the mirror, if we don't follow this lead."
The comments come five days after a federal magistrate in California ordered Apple to help hack into an iPhone used by Syed Farook, who along with his wife killed 14 people in the December attacks.
Comey said the court case "isn't about trying to set a precedent" but is instead about doing justice for the victims.
