Saying the government will do what it wants is a vast oversimplification of how the government works. The government doesn&#x27;t speak with a single voice. The FBI can want one thing, the judge in this case another, a different judge something else, and each and every member of congress something different altogether. Even within the executive branch in the US there are differences in opinion: Tor, for instance, is partially funded by the US Department of State and the National Science Foundation (according to their donor page: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.torproject.org&#x2F;about&#x2F;sponsors.html.en" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.torproject.org&#x2F;about&#x2F;sponsors.html.en</a>) while it has been opposed by law enforcement and the NSA.<p>The importance of a debate like this is it allows the various parts of our governments (and their bosses: us) to state their positions and work out a solution. What that solution is is not a foregone conclusion in the least (cf. the Clipper Chip, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Clipper_chip" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Clipper_chip</a>)