Apple's clash with the FBI will be a tough legal fight

Apple may face an uphill climb in its latest fight with the feds over digital privacy.

The company's CEO, Tim Cook, said in a statement on its website Wednesday that Apple opposes a federal court's order to write special software so federal investigators can penetrate the passcode for an iPhone once used by Syed Farook.

Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, were the perpetrators of a shooting spree in San Bernardino, Calif., on Dec. 2, which killed 14 people and injured 22 others. The shooters were later killed during a gunfight with police. Read more...