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ByEricTuckerandTami Abdollah The Associated Press WASHINGTON Apple Inc. on Thursday asked a federal magistrate to reverse her order that the company help the FBI hack into a locked iPhone, accusing the fed- eral government of seeking "dangerous power" through the courts and of trampling on its constitutional rights. The filing represents Ap- ple's first official response since the judge's order last week and builds upon argu- ments voiced by the compa- ny's chief executive and sup- porters. It marks the latest salvo in a court fight that could create meaningful prece- dent and establish new le- gal boundaries in the pol- icy between national secu- rity and digital privacy. "No court has ever autho- rized what the government now seeks, no law supports such unlimited and sweep- ing use of the judicial pro- cess, and the Constitution forbids it," Apple said. The Justice Department is proposing a "bound- less interpretation" of the law that, if left unchecked, could bring disastrous re- percussions, the company warned in a memo submit- ted to Magistrate Sheri Pym that aggressively challenges policy justifications put for- ward by the Obama admin- istration. "The government says: 'Just this once' and 'Just this phone.' But the government knows those statements are not true," lawyers for Apple wrote. They said that if Apple were required to build the software the FBI wants, "criminals, terrorists and hackers will no doubt view the code as a major prize and can be expected to go to considerable lengths to steal it." A hearing is scheduled for next month. The dispute broke into public view last Tuesday when Pym directed Apple to help the FBI gain access to a phone used by one of the assailants in the San Bernardino, California, at- tacks. Federal agents haven't been able to open the phone of Syed Farook because they don't know the pass- code. The Justice Depart- ment wants Apple to cre- ate specialized software for the iPhone that would by- pass some security features so that the FBI can try as many passcodes as possi- ble without the data being erased. The filing was made the same day that FBI Di- rector James Comey de- fended the government's ap- proach during separate ap- pearances on Capitol Hill, where he stressed that the agency was seeking special- ized software for only one phone as part of an investi- gation into an act of terror that left 14 dead. But Apple said the spe- cialized software the gov- ernment wants it to build does not currently exist and "would require significant resources and effort to de- velop," including the work of six to 10 engineers work- ing two to four weeks. The magistrate judge suggested in her ruling that the gov- ernment would be required to pay Apple's costs. Apple compared forcing it to create software that doesn't exist to weaken the iPhone's locks to forcing a journalist to publish false information to arrest a fugi- tive or forcing another soft- ware company to implant a virus in a customer's com- puter so the government could eavesdrop. And it accused the gov- ernment of working under a closed courtroom pro- cess under the auspices of a terrorism investigation of trying "to cut off debate and circumvent thoughtful analysis." "The government wants to compel Apple to create a crippled and insecure prod- uct," the company said. "Once the process is cre- ated, it provides an avenue for criminals and foreign agents to access millions of iPhones." Apple pointedly noted the U.S. government it- self fell victim to hackers, when thieves stole the per- sonal information of tens of millions of current and former federal workers and their family members from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. COURT FIGHT Appleasksjudgetovacate order on hacking locked iPhone ABCNEWS Apple CEO Tim Cook, le , is shown during an exclusive interview with anchor David Muir. By Nancy Benac and Julie Bykowicz The Associated Press HOUSTON Brawling from the get-go, a fiery Marco Rubio went hard after Donald Trump in Thurs- day night's Republican de- bate, lacerating the front- runner's position on im- migration, his privileged background, his speaking style and more. Ted Cruz piled on, too, questioning the front-run- ner's conservative creden- tials, as the two senators tag-teamed Trump in a de- bate that reflected the in- creasing urgency of their effort to take down the bil- lionaire businessman be- fore he becomes unstop- pable. It was a rare night where the bombastic Trump found himself on the defensive. The two-hours-plus de- bate played out as a raucous night of tit-for-tat insults, with candidates shouting over one another so much that it was hard to follow at times. The showdown came just days before the Super Tuesday 11-state round of mega-voting that could all but lock up the nomination. When Trump faulted Rubio on a deal to buy a $179,000 house, the Flor- ida senator shot back that if Trump "hadn't inherited $200 million, you know where Donald Trump would be right now? Sell- ing watches in Manhattan." In another rough ex- change, Rubio accused Trump of shifting his posi- tion on deportation, hiring people from other countries to take jobs from Ameri- cans and being fined for worker violations. Joining in, Cruz criticized Trump for suggesting he alone had "discovered the issue of ille- gal immigration." Trump shot back at Ru- bio: "I hired tens of thou- sands of people. You've hired nobody." As for Cruz, Trump took a more personal tack, tout- ing his own ability to get along with others and add- ing: "You get along with nobody. ... You should be ashamed of yourself." Both Rubio and Cruz said that Trump had had to pay a $1 million fine for illegal immigration hiring. The candidates were pressed on why they haven't released their tax returns as promised. The GOP's 2012 nominee, Mitt Rom- ney, suggested this week that Trump was holding back because there was a "bombshell" that would be revealed. Trump said he's been au- dited by the IRS every year and can't release his re- turns while that's going on. Rubio and Cruz both promised to release more of theirs in the next two days. Rubio was the principal aggressor of the night, and he held nothing back. Tak- ing on Trump's declara- tion that he'd build a wall on the Mexican border, Ru- bio declared: "If he builds a wall the way he built Trump Tower he'll be using illegal immigration to do it." Trump, for his part, in- sisted that even though officials in Mexico have said they won't pay for his planned wall, "Mexico will pay for the wall." And he said that because Mexico's current and former presi- dents had criticized him on the issue, "the wall just got 10 feet taller." Trump,knownforhisfre- quent use of coarse and pro- fane language on the cam- paign trail, scolded former Mexican President Vicente Fox for using a profanity in talking about Trump's plan for the wall. "He should be ashamed of himself and he should apologize," declared Trump. After Trump mocked Ru- bio for his "meltdown" in a previous debate when the Florida senator repeated rote talking points, Rubio swatted right back, scold- ing Trump for spouting the same five things over and over: "Everyone's dumb. He's going to make Amer- ica great again. We're going to win, win, win. He's win- ning in the polls." Trump was hardly si- lent, responding to both Ru- bio and Cruz: "This guy's a choke artist and this guy's a liar. ... Other than that I rest my case." The other two remaining candidates, Ben Carson and John Kasich, were largely left to watch the fireworks flying overhead. Kasich, for his part, said he would try to find a way to effect regime change in North Korean but "perhaps the Chinese can actually ac- complish that." GOP PRIMARY De ba te b ra wl : Cr uz an d Ru bi o go h ar d a er T ru mp DAVID J. PHILLIP — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Businessman Donald Trump, center, speaks as Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., le and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, look on during a Republican presidential primary debate at The University of Houston on Thursday in Houston. By Joan Lowy The Associated Press WASHINGTON Republican leaders are sidelining a bill that would wrest responsi- bility for running the na- tion's air traffic control sys- tem from the government and turn it over to a private, nonprofit corporation run by airlines and other avia- tion interests, a House GOP aide said Thursday. Instead, leaders plan to bring a bill before the House to temporarily ex- tend the Federal Aviation Administration's authori- zation to operate, which ex- pires on March 31. The aide spoke on condi- tion of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., chairman of the House Transportation and Infra- structure Committee and the bill's chief sponsor, said in a statement that he is con- tinuing to seek support for the privatization plan while preparing the extension bill. His bill "proposes sig- nificant reform of our avi- ation system, and many current members of Con- gress have not seen a pro- posal such as this during re- cent FAA reauthorizations," Shuster said. "This is an on- going process, and we will continue working to edu- cate members and address questions they have about the bill." Details of the short-term extension, including its length, are still being dis- cussed, Republicans said. 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