Human intelligence assets that we gutted in the 70's would have been quite useful in fighting terrorism. Humans blow things up and humans organize. The idea that they are not already using encryption in communications is foolish.
If we leave a backdoor for the "patriots", then we can guarantee that foreign governments and criminals will find and use the same backdoor. All any restrictions on encryption will do is lead to more non-terrorism arrests.
If we leave a backdoor for the "patriots", then we can guarantee that foreign governments and criminals will find and use the same backdoor. All any restrictions on encryption will do is lead to more non-terrorism arrests.