This 2010 EFF article remains a compelling and insightful read even today.

> They can promise strong encryption. They just need to figure out how they can provide us plain text.

- FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni, September 27, 2010

> [W]e're in favor of strong encryption, robust encryption. The country needs it, industry needs it. We just want to make sure we have a trap door and key under some judge's authority where we can get there if somebody is planning a crime.

- FBI Director Louis Freeh, May 11, 1995