[rplst8]

In support of this, someone forwarded me a very interesting article written by someone who creates forensic software for a living. The legal requirements surrounding the creation of a software tool for forensic purposes, which this proposed effort requested by the government might fall under, are nothing less than herculean in scope.

http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=5645

[sah2ed]

Zdziarski's arguments are very illuminating on how this is not a simple or one-off request. Excellent read.