Expert: Modern technology complicates breaking into Trump shooter's cellphone.

A retired Nevada law enforcement expert who served on the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force stated that modern technology can make it more difficult to determine the motive of the shooter at the former President Trump's Pennsylvania rally.

Thomas Matthew Crooks' cellphone may pose a roadblock for investigators, as shared by Ashton Packe, a former Las Vegas police detective.

On Saturday, the FBI obtained the phone of the 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate former President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, for examination.

On Sunday night, a senior FBI official told Planet Chronicle that although they suspect the shooter acted on their own, they have not been able to access their cellphone.

In contemporary America, criminal investigations inherently necessitate the use of digital devices, as no crime is committed without the offender possessing evidence on a cellphone or other digital device, according to Packe's statement to Planet Chronicle Digital.

"Breaking into the device is the issue," he stated.

Even if the country's top agents possess a crook's encrypted phone, getting into it remains challenging, according to Packe, who was part of an FBI task force.

""Breaking into an encrypted locked device is extremely challenging in today's era, but some companies, such as Apple, have the ability to access them," he stated."

He stated that obtaining access to Crooks' locked phone would necessitate the involvement of "foreign adversaries" or "foreign nation state individuals."

"Can you access certain phones in certain parts of the government? Yes, but only for non-U.S. citizens outside the continental United States."

You're talking high-level spy games there. — Ashton Packe, former member of FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force

"High-level spy games are being played by foreign adversaries and nation-state people," he stated. "These are not tools that will be used by civilian law enforcement in the United States, regardless of what conspiracy theorists claim."

If the FBI tries to decrypt the cellphone of the crooks, it could result in a "catch-22," according to Packe.

"However, the level of encryption on the phone may determine whether they can access it, creating a dilemma," he stated. "In the United States, we are entitled to privacy and security, as stipulated under the Fourth Amendment."

Law enforcement must obtain a search warrant to access that, but civilian law enforcement won't be able to discover its contents without the passcode, according to him.

After FBI special agent Kevin Rojek in Pittsburgh stated that "the information we have" suggested that Crooks acted alone, Packe expressed his viewpoint.

Rojek stated in a press conference on Sunday that the shooter acted alone and there are currently no public safety concerns.

"Although we haven't found an ideology linked to the subject yet, it's important to remember that we're still in the early stages of our investigation."

When questioned by Planet Chronicle about whether the FBI was aware of Crooks' phone company, Rojek responded, "We won't be able to reveal the service provider used by the suspect at the station."

On Monday, it was confirmed by the FBI that House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and ranking member Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., were briefed about Crooks' phone.