The bottom line is that Government has become too powerful, and it's our fault regardless of what country in which we live. We elect the people and then forget about them. What's needed is to, occasionally, put pressure on them in the form of letters, emails, phone calls and VOTES, to remind them who they work for. It does work. They want those cushy jobs with those great benefits and, if they think they might lose that job, you'd be surprised how fast they come around.

As far as encryption, it isn't necessary. Whether you're a terrorist or a drug runner, I think the messages needed to do what they plan to do are all planned ahead of time. You need to pick up a load or blow up a building a simple everyday phrase planted in an email is all that's required. Encryption alerts Government, and the people Government is after know it, and so does the Govt.