Compelled by whom?<p>Setting aside patriotism, seems like that&#x27;s a choice between the less painful of the consequences of a) non compliance set by the Chinese government vs b) the cost of _compliance_ set by the US government.<p>EDIT: Also, why would the CIA ever entrust their communications and data to a format&#x2F;device that could be  cracked by a commercial entity that could be subject to the above scenario?