&gt; Forcing him how? If he came back with nothing, that&#x27;s his answer.<p>It&#x27;s amazing how many people don&#x27;t get this. The Congress makes laws, which are the tools at the FBI&#x27;s disposal. If they didn&#x27;t give them this particular tool, then too bad: they have to figure out how to do their job without this tool.<p>And the DFBI did not address the gross incompetence shown by them, when they asked the County to reset the phone. If they didn&#x27;t even know the consequences of that request, how can they predict the (supposed no) consequences of their request to Apple?