00:00 Andy Daniel's assassination was described by several intelligence sources as a methodical
00:06 hit engineered from the bowels of the Strategic Services Agency, the SSA, as mentioned in
00:12 an exclusive Sunday Express article written by this investigative journalist.
00:17 Daniel was shot and killed by highly trained personnel that police believe were attached
00:21 to a hit squad within the SSA.
00:25 It was last November that Daniel met his demise near the car on the flyover when he pulled
00:29 a side on the shoulder.
00:31 Following the shake-up at the SSA two weeks ago, in which SSA Director Major Roger Best
00:36 was sent on administrative leave for allegedly hiring several members of the Jerusalem Bride
00:41 Church who were unqualified, a broader picture of a national security threat was unravelled
00:47 that included the death of Daniel, who several intelligence sources say had been under surveillance
00:52 for several weeks prior to his murder.
00:55 And now, months later, as homicide investigators continue their investigation into Daniel's
00:59 killing, they believe that key information from his Apple iPhone could assist them in
01:04 further piecing together the last few months of Daniel's life and other key information
01:10 that could prove useful in his murder investigation.
01:13 However, there's only one problem.
01:16 Daniel's iPhone is locked.
01:17 Senior sources told TV6 News that this will pose some challenges as they now have to write
01:22 to Apple in the US to gain access to his phone, which is password protected and encrypted.
01:28 This in itself could also pose a legal challenge for the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service,
01:36 who may need to approach a US court to have its request granted.
01:39 In 2014, Apple started building encryption into iPhones that can be unlocked only with
01:44 a given device's password, meaning even Apple cannot bypass the security.
01:50 The technology has frustrated US law enforcement authorities, who say Apple has given criminals
01:55 a safe haven.
01:57 Sources in the know about Daniel's ongoing murder investigation say that their key camera
02:02 images of personnel were possibly at his Arima Crossings home when he left the country in
02:06 July.
02:08 Sources say that the app on Daniel's phone allowed him to detect motion near his home
02:12 and also access camera footage on his iPhone, which would have shown exactly who was on
02:18 his property at that time.
02:20 The locks in Daniel's house were changed while he was away and police believe that the video
02:24 images on his phone show exactly who changed the locks to his home that he shared with
02:29 a senior SSA relative.
02:31 Meanwhile, sources say that they expect further shake-ups at the SSA following information
02:36 reported by several intelligence sources outlining several breaches of security at the SSA over
02:42 the last few years.
02:44 Mark Besant, TV6 News.
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