The Gist

The Huge Lingering Why

San Bernardino investigators know the who, what, and where, but will the culprit’s iPhone tell us why?

Evidence markers are scattered around an SUV near the site of the shootout between police and alleged perpetrators in the San Bernardino shootings, Dec. 4, 2015.

San Bernardino County Sherrif’s Department via Getty Images

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On The Gist, we ask Los Angeles Times reporter Joel Rubin what the San Bernardino investigators are hoping to learn from the decrypted iPhone. For the Spiel, hijacker hijinks!

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