&gt; &quot;They are not asking for some general thing, they are asking for a particular case.&quot;<p>Was hoping Gates would be less naive in thinking this legal precedent has anything to do with this specific case which has close to 0% chance of providing any real-world information and more to do with the fact that this tragedy is used as political theatre and being exploited for maximum PR and political influence.<p>&gt; &quot;Should governments be able to access information at all or should they be blind, that&#x27;s essentially what we are talking about&quot;<p>That&#x27;s one way to frame the debate, the other is &quot;Do We Have a Right to Security?&quot; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;securosis.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;do-we-have-a-right-to-security" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;securosis.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;do-we-have-a-right-to-security</a><p>Given the US Govt is coming from a position of no trust who&#x27;ve shown a willingness to over reach and break the law whilst continuing to deceive and mislead the public - US citizens have every right to privacy that&#x27;s insulated from the Government: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.easydns.org&#x2F;2016&#x2F;02&#x2F;22&#x2F;the-us-government-has-no-credibility-to-compel-anybody-to-weaken-security&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.easydns.org&#x2F;2016&#x2F;02&#x2F;22&#x2F;the-us-government-has-no-...</a>