[marktwain]

The Al Queda terrorists are using encryption now. This policy only made sure that American Citizens would have no privacy from government agents.

An excellent analogy that you might find interesting is located at: www.geektimes.com/michael/culture/humor/items/Privacy-related/TransparentTreesAnalogy.html

[Looking for Diogenes]

The Al Queda terrorists are using encryption now. This policy only made sure that American Citizens would have no privacy from government agents.

American citizens have many encryption options available, as do the terrorists. Despite which fact, the government can decode those messages if they have a warrant and really, really want to find out what is being communicated.

Tortured analogies aside, do you think the government should give up all wiretaps as a tool of law enforcement?