SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) -- The county government that ... had been installed, San Bernardino officials would have been able to remotely unlock the iPhone for the FBI without the theatrics of ...

A federal law enforcement official, who is not authorized to comment publicly, said the phone has yielded material related to Syed Farook's work as a health inspector for San Bernardino County.

San Bernardino County had software that could have given the Federal Bureau of Investigation full access to the iPhone it lent to its former employee Syed Rizwan Farook, but the software wasn’t ...

San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos cited two 911 calls reporting three perpetrators during the attack. "The information contained solely on the seized iPhone could provide ...

Our own tech reporter Rich DeMuro wonders why San Bernardino County does not have access to the content and passcodes for that iPhone. After all, it was a device issued by the County to the ...

The iPhone in this case was not the property of Farook, but of his employer, San Bernardino County, which consented to the search. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

The iPhone is owned by Farook's employer, the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, which assigned it to him. The county consented to investigators' requests to search its contents.

including a system that deputies use for background checks. After negotiating with the hackers, San Bernardino County paid slightly less than half the total — $511,852 — and its insurance ...