That still doesn't make it anything more than a fishing expedition. They have no specific suspects. They have no-one to prosecute. That means this is a fishing expedition to see what they can find. It doesn't meet the criteria for a search warrant. That's why the judge didn't issue a search warrant. There is no one to serve a search warrant on. Instead she issued a WRIT, a finding, and an order requiring a third party, Apple, to help the police and FBI unlock the device by using their expertise to create something they do not want to create that may actually damage them. This is an overstepping of her authority.
She may have overstepped her authority. The courts will probably weigh in on that soon.
Cook adopted a strategy that he should have known would come to this. I understand the anger toward, and distrust of, the government.
Did it ever occur to Cook that he was making a product that terrorists would covet like GOLD because it can keep their networks communications secured? I thought about that as soon as he announced it.