Just goes to show politics, the thing we vote for, haven't run the show for years it is the 'corporations'.
In the real world the govt would have the ability to freeze Apple's assets until they play ball.
Or, I'm sure some bored 14 year old sitting in his pyjamas could do it for them instead.;)

Well, here's their reason for not agreeing to do what the govt demand, and I totally agree with them!

http://www.apple.com/customer-letter/

You sound like that George W. Bush supporting fuckwad Quexalcote, who I'll bet probably supports Trump now (as you do...)

The FBI didn't ask Apple to give them access to one phone. They'd have a legal right to that and Ape would have complied

Instead, they are using this to try and force Apple (and subsequently others) to to put in place a back door that lets them have access to every single device on the planet no matter what

I think it's a bit of a game going on here for the public. The authorities want to show they are doing something and Apple want to show how secure their products are. I'm sure privately they are co operating but they don't want the bad guys to know.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/23/technology/bill-gates-apple-fbi-encryption/

Specifically:

"This is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information. They are not asking for some general thing, they are asking for a particular case," Gates said."

I'd like to think that a guy with Gates position within the industry would be as informed as anyone else regarding the facts of this case as it currently stands.
This is not to say that he is the end all point of view...just another reasoned voice.

At any rate...so much for the "conspiracy theory" point of view.
This is gonna happen...just another 'Enigma' to crack.
Adios bad guys. This is all YOUR fault.