"Unreasonable"? Several dozen people were killed in San Bernadino."Probable cause"? The phone in question either can,or cannot,reasonably be believed to have been connected to San Bernadino.And if it can...the "oath or affirmation" bit is just a formality.
See...I solved it.And I've never even attended law school.
And if,once all three parts of the equation are seen to be in place,if your employer refuses to obey the court order they are,in a very *real* sense,giving aid and comfort to the enemy not just of the United States,but of Western Civilization.But rest assured that I understand that if Apple obeys the court order its stock price will plummet after sales in the Middle East,in China (where people have *good reason* to fear the government) and among child molesters,money launderers and other psychopaths,take a nosedive.
And who knows...maybe even Precious Timmy Cook,defender of everything beautiful and holy,might find *himself* in the dock once *his* iPhone is cracked.
The correct answer is "CANNOT".
The perps thoroughly destroyed their personal phones, but didn't bother to do anything to this one. The logical inference is that the criminal evidence was on those phones, and is nowhere to be found on this one. The FBI is looking for its keys two blocks away from where they dropped them because the light's better there.