Loretta Lynch defends FBI in fight with Apple over San Bernardino iPhone

US attorney general says on Late Show with Stephen Colbert that 'we're not asking for a backdoor' with request for Apple to unlock shooter's cellphone

The US attorney general, Loretta Lynch, on Thursday defended the US government's position in its heated public fight with Apple to unlock an iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino attack.

Lynch, the government's top law enforcement official, made the case in a seven-minute interview on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday.