FBI seeks huge wiretapping system

[Scott Brickner]

hallam at w3.org writes:
>It is a fair point that just because technology has changed the 
>nature of the game it should not mean that wiretaps cease to be 
>possible.

No it isn't.  If someone builds a "cone of silence", traditional audio
surveillance becomes impossible.  Why should wiretaps be any
different?  Strong crypto is the "cone of silence" for digital
transmission.