1. The Encryption Control Act: A Necessary Tool for Modern Law Enforcement
Statement of Christopher Humphrey
Section Chief, Cyber Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Before the
House Committee on Energy and Commerce

2. The Current State of Affairs
Scalable Encryption is Publicly Available
PGP
RC4
and others
Scalable Encryption is Always Strong
Strong Encryption Makes Digital Searches Useless
Seizure of Records
Interception of Communications
Failed Strategies
Classification
Brute Force

3. The Encryption Control Act
All encryption products manufactured or imported for sale or use in the United States must include features that permit immediate decryption of the encrypted data upon the receipt of a valid court order.
Whoever knowingly manufactures, imports, or sells an encryption product that does not meet the requirements of this Act shall be subject to a term of imprisonment of not more than five years, a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, or both.
It shall NOT be unlawful to use any encryption product purchased or in use prior to January 31 of the year following passage of this Act.

4. Effects of Legislation
Stops criminals from evading warranted search
Wiretapping and interception effective again
Seizure of computer records will yield usable evidence
Easy on encryption firms
Lets already-manufactured technology to still be used
Gives firms ample time to modify algorithms
No Constitutional concerns
Back-door would only be used on warranted searches and interceptions, not on normal peoples' data
System could be designed to keep unwarranted police searches from having access to decryption