&gt; Chances are, this happened at least once over the lifetime of the terrorists ownership of the phone - thus we can at least see who they are communicating with, right?<p>Is that really acceptable to you? Maybe they accidentally screwed up once so it&#x27;s OK to keep the private affairs of a dead terrorist secret for no good reason?<p>&gt; Wouldn&#x27;t that be a good starting point?<p>I would have thought the best starting point was unlocking the phone, given the owner is dead and committed horrific crimes.