Ooo, lawfareblog.com is feeling the sting of logical dissections of Comey&#x27;s &quot;think of the victims!&quot; attempt at diverting examination of the FBI&#x27;s real motive for wanting all communication interceptable.<p><i>And in the last couple of weeks, the bureau has shown some serious wolf. </i> - oh, please. Syed Farook is dead. The FBI didn&#x27;t stop the killing from happening. A murder victim has a phone they haven&#x27;t been able to crack.<p>This is the same kind of argument that the US justice system used about driver&#x27;s licenses: &quot;Driving is just a privilege, folks!&quot; therefore we can lard up on criteria for that privilege: register for the draft, pay your child support, etc etc etc.  It&#x27;s a pretty good scheme: find or make something (driver&#x27;s license or smartphone) pretty much mandatory for a normal life. Then, designate it as &quot;a privilege&quot; or say &quot;caveat emptor&quot; about it, all the while encouraging making that thing even more of a necessity.