The FBI's chief of its elite hacking unit has a clear conflict of interest in stating what the status of hacking into the phone related to the San Bernadino shooting -- and unless the OIG confirmed the vendor's status at that point forensically, verbal statements to me are meaningless.
Saying that the vendor was "90 percent of the way toward a solution" could mean anything; for example, they had the hack, but were testing it to see if would work for all iPhone models.
Saying that the vendor was "90 percent of the way toward a solution" could mean anything; for example, they had the hack, but were testing it to see if would work for all iPhone models.