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Chairman Bob #Goodlate: "---it will set a #precedent, for other requests from the [#FBI] and any other law enforcement agency to seek the same assistance in many, many, many other cases."
FBI Directory James #Comey: "Sure, potentially. [...] But sure, other courts, other prosecutors, other lawyers for companies will look to that for guidance or to try to distinguish---"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1GgnbN9oNw (use youtube-dl to watch with free software; ~1GiB video)
Yes, no shit. Yet:
Comey: "The San Bernardino litigation isn’t about trying to set a precedent or send any kind of message."
https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-director-comments-on-san-bernardino-matter
You're lying about not wanting to set a precedent, but it doesn't matter either way---that's what will happen.