Couldn't Get a Better Deal?

The FBI paid about $1.3m for software to hack into the iPhone of San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook, director James Comey told a London audience on Thursday.

  Guardian

Holy shit. But, let's not fool ourselves. The FBI didn't pay that much. We did. Taxpayers.

When asked Thursday how much the FBI paid for the exploit, Comey replied: “A lot.”

What’s a lot? “More than I will make in the remainder of this job, which is seven years and four months,” Comey said.

The FBI director makes $180,000 a year. That means the FBI paid at least $1.26m, not counting the four months.

Oh! Okay, not "about" $1.3m, but somewhere OVER that amount.

“It was, in my view, worth it,” [Comey] said.

Really?!? Then you need glasses, asshat,because word has it, you got nothing from it.

April 13: A law enforcement source tells CBS News that so far nothing of real significance has been found on the San Bernardino terrorist's iPhone, which was unlocked by the FBI last month without the help of Apple.

It was stressed that the FBI continues to analyze the information on the cellphone seized in the investigation, senior investigative producer Pat Milton reports.

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FBI Director James Comey said last week that the bureau has not decided whether to share details with Apple about how it hacked into Farook's iPhone 5c. "If we tell Apple, they're going to fix it and we're back where we started," Comey said. "As silly as it may sound, we may end up there. We just haven't decided yet."

  CBS News

I'll tell you what sounds silly - that you think it was worth $1.3 million.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.