Tim Cook could be jailed over refusal to cooperate with FBI (but almost certainly won’t be)<div class="feat-image">
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<p>In an interesting summary of the possible outcomes of the <a href="
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<a href="http://qz.com/626926/tim-cook-apple-fbi-risk-jail/?utm_source=YPL" target="_blank">Quartz[/url] notes that some experts believe that CEO Tim Cook could be held personally liable for defying a court order and face jail time.</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Attorney Peter Fu told
<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3057045/how-apple-could-be-punished-for-defying-fbi-encryption-order" target="_blank">Fast Company[/url] that the scenario would arise only if the case <a href="
http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/19/applefbi-fight-looks-destined-to-go-all-the-way-to-the-supreme-court-as-more-background-is-revealed/" target="_blank">went all the way[/url] to the Supreme Court and Apple lost but continued to refuse to cooperate.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Under these circumstances, there is a universe of possibilities where Tim Cook could actually go to jail for refusing to comply with a lawful order of the court. </span><span class="s1">This is because Apple has already publicly declared that it will not comply with a court order to unlock the iPhone and as such, necessarily forces the courts to favor punishment over coercion … </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Stephen Vladeck, an expert on national security law at American University, disagrees.</span></p>
<p class="p1"> <a href="
http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/29/tim-cook-fbi-jail/#more-421071" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p>
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