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[rubyfan]

Does the NSA have some new found powers?

FTA: "For example, why hasn’t the FBI attempted to get the NSA’s help to get into the phone, since hacking is their job?"

Is it in fact their job? I'd assume there are some ground rules for operations among the executive branch of government but apparently congress thinks this is their charge?

[snowwrestler → rubyfan]

The allegation in the San Bernadino case is that it was international terrorism, so the NSA would reasonably have jurisdiction.