US federal officials accuse Apple of not helping in Pensacola investigations

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A Saudi military trainee who killed three US sailors at a Navy base in Pensacola, Florida, in December had longtime ties to al-Qaeda.That’s according to officials from the FBI and the US Justice Department who said they were able to uncover that information after breaking into the gunman’s two iPhones. But they blasted Apple, accusing the company of providing no help with the probe. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports. 

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