Re: [cryptography] Paris Attacks Blamed on Strong Cryptography and Edward Snowden

In dealing with high level decision makers, the best strategy is always to provide three options and have the decision maker choose amongst them. Taking the American electorate as that high level decision maker, I would find it refreshing were Brennan to present said electorate with the choice between [1] content analysis (hence crypto side doors and the exposure of content), [2] traffic analysis (hence data retention at a level heretofore unseen and the cataloged exposure of real social networks), and [3] a willing resolve to tolerate the occasional terrorist success. It is a choice amongst losses. --dan