NYPD’s John Miller: San Bernardino Terror Victims Are Apple Customers Too

NYPD's John Miller: San Bernardino victims were Apple customers too (CBS News)

Apple's refusal to cooperate with federal investigators in the San Bernardino case has fueled a sharp debate over national security and civil liberties.

Apple has thus far declined the FBI's request and a court order to create software that would unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, citing the safety of Apple customers. But NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller points out the victims of terrorist attacks are Tim Cook's "customers too."

"I have to ask, how many people who died on the floor in San Bernardino or in Paris had iPhones in their pockets as they were being killed by the terrorists?" Miller said on "CBS This Morning" Friday.