A senior Apple engineer responded to the FBI statement on Saturday evening, noting that the statement admits that the FBI admitted to changing the password, that this prevented access to the backups and that the backups did have forensic value.
The prosecution moved, successfully, to have the defendant's original statement admitted in order to impeach his friend's testimony, and this exception to the exclusionary rule was upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court.
But the damage runs deeper than his statement admitted.
Lamont, in a particularly brave statement, admitted to having suicidal thoughts since retiring through injury in 2013.
When The Hartford Courant reported that the hot tub was not bought by the governor but was a gift from a longtime aide and her husband, the governor released a statement admitting that the hot tub was a gift, saying: "I accepted the hot tub in the spirit in which it was given: as an extremely generous gift from close friends.
Coakley's cross-examinations began with an attempt to have the signed statements admitted as evidence.
The Rugby Football league issued a statement admitting that Steve Ganson, the video referee, made a mistake near the end of the Hull derby at the Etihad Stadium.
After further negotiations, on 3 August, Israel and Argentina issued a joint statement admitting the violation of Argentinian sovereignty but agreeing to end the dispute.
He looked distraught as he described the pressure to sign a statement admitting otherwise last month when the Americans requested his release.
After accusations of cheating by players, the company issued a statement admitting "a security breach" that was "horrendous and inexcusable".
