The truth is that the government can access the terrorist’s phone, but they claim they cannot so they can get an excuse to get access to ALL phones. Fact.
I concur with you. There was a news report a month ago that the US Attorney for New York had about 175 iPhones sitting in an office somewhere, waiting for the FBI to break Apple down, so he could break into all those phones.
FBI's already reading live traffic on iPhones they like, no doubt.
Every phone call on an iPhone should be accompanied by a polite request for the FBI agent online to stop breathing so loudly.