Your Computer Files: Can Feds Force You to Unlock?

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A federal judge in Denver recently ordered a Colorado woman suspected of fraud to unlock her computer files after the FBI failed to crack them after seizing her computer. But civil liberties advocates nationwide are crying foul, saying the order violates Ramona Fricosu's Fifth Amendment rights.

CPR's Zachary Bar talks to Declan McCullagh, a writer for the tech website CNET, who's been following the legal case the looming constitutional debate.