Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks’ encrypted messages remain inaccessible weeks after the failed murder plot. So it’s a mystery who was he talking to.
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TheFBIinvestigationintothefailedJuly13assassinationattemptonformerPresidentDonaldTrumphasrevivedtheargumentoverwhetherBigTechfirmsshouldprovidelawenforcementwithabackdoormethodtobreaktheirown“unbreakable”encryption.
WeeksbeforetheattemptonTrump’slife,theSecretServicereceivedintelligencewarningofanIranianplottokilltheformerpresident,accordingtofederallawenforcementofficials.Butwhileexpertsareskepticalofanyconnectionbetweenthe20-year-oldwould-beassassinThomasMatthewCrooksandIran,theyhaven’tbeenabletoaccesssomeofhiscommunications18dayslater.
Soitremainsunclearwhohewastalkingto,ifanyone,andwhattopicswouldhavebeendiscussed.
FBISTILLDOESNOTHAVECOMPLETEACCESSTOSHOOTER’SONLINEACTIVITY
“Ithinkwe’veexperiencedarangeofreturnsbecausesomeoftheapplicationsthathewasusingonlinewereencryptedinnature,”FBIDeputyDi
