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I am guessing they caught wind of possibly losing the case and don't want the precedent set. That's what this was always about, right?



Yup, FBI wants a do-over next time one of the "Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse"[1] emerges.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalyp...


Thats my guess. They are waiting for another "golden" case to use.


Yup, and they've been called out on it, too, by others in the government even: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/former-cyber-czar...




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