Profit Or Patriotism? What's Driving Fight Between US, Apple

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Apple Inc. has until next Friday to respond to a U.S. magistrate's order that it help the FBI hack into an iPhone in a terrorism case.

The order by California judge Sheri Pym initially required the Cupertino-based company to file paperwork by Tuesday explaining if it wanted to challenge it for being "unreasonably burdensome."

It wasn't immediately clear why the deadline was moved and Apple given more time.

In the meantime, public relations campaigns are already under way.

The Justice Department fired its first salvos in court papers asking Pym to order Apple to create sophisticated software to let investigators break in to the phone. The government says Apple could help easily.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook contends the demand is dangerous and an overreach of government power.

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