COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 7 (UPI) -- FBI Director James Comey said the agency purchased "a tool" from a private party to access data on the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, Calif., shooters.
Comey, in an address at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, said the legal battle between the U.S. government and Apple ended because "the government has purchased, from a private party, a way to get into that phone, 5C, running iOS 9" operating system. He said the same method could be used to help the agency and law enforcement nationwide in the future.