ACTION ALERT: Urge Apple to Comply with Court Order in Terror Case

If you are having trouble viewing this message, view it in your browser. Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube ACTION ALERT Apple Should Comply with Court Order in Terror Case Please click here to send an important message to Apple. Urge them to help protect and defend this great country. American lives are at risk. Apple is under fire for refusing a Federal Judge’s court order to help the FBI crack the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists. Syed Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people in December at a Christmas party in San Bernardino, California. Farook had an iPhone issued to him by his employer San Bernardino County and this one phone alone could hold plans for the next deadly terrorist attack. At a time when ISIS is working on developing chemical weapons and encouraging its members in the U.S. to carry out attacks against innocent civilians, now more than ever we need every tool we have to protect the lives of millions of Americans. Apple is protecting the privacy of a dead terrorist while endangering the lives of Americans. With American companies like Apple protecting ISIS, who needs enemies? Apple’s CEO Tim Cook released a statement on Wednesday saying, "Up to this point, we have done everything that is both within our power and within the law to help them. But now the U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone." But in a similar case in New York last year, Apple acknowledged that it could extract such data if it wanted to. And according to prosecutors in that case, Apple has unlocked phones for authorities at least 70 times since 2008. (Apple doesn’t dispute this figure.) Since 2012, Apple has been providing its customers’ information to the FBI and the NSA via the so-called PRISM program, which operated pursuant to court orders. In other words, Apple’s position in the San Bernardino case may not be quite the principled defense that CEO Tim Cook claims it is. To be clear, we at ACT for America respect and honor our constitutional right to privacy, however, we strongly disagree with Apple's response in this specific national security-related matter. Americans deserve better from such a powerful and prosperous entity.   Let's be clear. The FBI wants the information from this single phone. They do not care if Apple takes it to a private room at the bottom of the Dead Sea to extract the data and then destroys the phone. All the FBI wants is the information that could lead to other terrorists operating in America or to foil another plot that could be in the planning now. Apple should work to unlock this specific phone in the interest of national security — and provide its contents to law enforcement. National Security is at risk and we need the tools to help us prevent another terrorist attack. This could save countless lives down the road. Apple has no problem sharing your private information with other companies, tracking your every behavior, and the clicks you make to any company on the Internet. Yet, they complain about protecting your privacy when it comes to dead terrorists who died trying to kill Americans? The hypocrisy! When it comes to the security of our nation, we must come together to help prevent the next terrorist attack against our nation and its citizens.  We must balance our right to privacy with plain old common sense. Let's keep our great country safe. Let’s stand up and ACT for America. Click here to send your email to Apple urging them to help keep America safe. Sincerely, ACT for America accepts no funding from any governmental agency, any foreign influence peddlers, or political institutions. Your support of ACT for America is critical in winning a battle we cannot afford to lose. All donations are tax-deductible. Click here to donate. ACT for America education is a 501(c)3 organization. actforamerica.org   Share Tweet Pin Forward