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If one looks at this logically, accessing a dead terrorists phone to see what he had planned to do next doesn't make sense, he is more than likely dead because he carried out the planned act.

It may provide information on other cell members, but in this particular case, they appeared to be working in isolation, so nothing to be gained there.

Also, something to add, once you are dead, you lose all rights to privacy, so the FBI can do what they want with your phone. If you are still alive, its a different matter, and they should go through the correct legal procedures to obtain it on a case by case basis.

The point I am making is that the highest value information comes from the living, not the dead, and that's where security forces should be channeling their efforts