1 - To whom do you suggest the government should be accountable?<p>2 - I believe a search warrant is a completely valid and enforceable way to compel information, including in this case.  But if Apple cannot comply without endangering every iPhone owner, then the other owners of iPhones have a stake in the outcome.  The government&#x27;s right to investigate this crime doesn&#x27;t expand to the right to endanger millions of people&#x27;s privacy and security.<p>3 - Torture would be a crime against the individual agents, and punishable as a crime unto itself.  Libertarian philosophy doesn&#x27;t suggest that you have a right to hurt other people, unless in self-defense.