🚀 go-pugleaf

for the NSA, explained why crooks
*   and terrorists who are smart enough to use data encryption would be stupid
*   enough to choose the U.S. Government's compromised data encryption
*   standard:
*   
*       "You shouldn't overestimate the I.Q. of crooks."
 
..which is also apparently their view of the American public.


    WE ARE NOW AT AN HISTORICAL CROSSROAD ON THE ENCRYPTION ISSUE.

    IF PUBLIC POLICY MAKERS ACT WISELY, THE SAFETY OF ALL AMERICANS WILL
    BE ENHANCED FOR DECADES TO COME.

    [1984 Newspeak:] BUT IF NARROW INTERESTS PREVAIL, LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL
    BE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF PROTECTION THAT PEOPLE IN A DEMOCRACY
    PROPERLY EXPECT AND DESERVE. ANY SOLUTION THAT IGNORES THE PUBLIC SAFETY
    AND NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS RISK GRAVE HARM TO BOTH.

And what was a critical public safety and national security
item the FBI insisted on in the first version of CALEA?

They wanted all cellular phones to continually monitor
the location of the owner, EVEN WHEN NOT IN USE.

Every cellular phone would become a location
tracking monitor for the government.

And why would this be a critical public safety and national security item?