well, this is very interesting. Mitnick therefore represents one of the first cases in which the govt is attempting to compel keys. he's taken the 5th amendment against giving the keys. it looks to me like this: maybe mitnick had no backup of his encrypted data. the FBI takes his laptop with all the encrypted data. there may be some things in the data that could tend to support his innocence-- but perhaps there are other things that would tend to incriminate him more than he already is. so he wants the whole set of data first, so he can make sure, without giving the keys. the govt wants the whole set of data first, so they can make sure!! stalemate. I think the govt does not have much of a case. it seems to me that they should make the full contents of the laptop available to the defense. it was mitnicks property. it would be like them seizing someone's file cabinet. it would be easy to make xerox's and return them to the defendant. but gosh, maybe with Rico that's too much of a gracious act.