I am firmly in the pro Apple camp when it comes to their resistance to unlocking an encryption iPhone because I don't think the government should be able to force the company to modify their software to access a phone. On the other hand, I have absolutely no problem with the government hacking a phone or reverse engineering the Apple software.
It is very likely that all of the fuss and arguments are really a big smokescreen to create a legal framework for something the government can already do.