[Powerofmene]

While this may be true, the government has asked the court to order him to decrypt it as they search for those images. If they are after a bigger network of people sharing these images, then they should say so and grant him immunity or work out some type of deal with him.

As I said earlier I am not taking a position on whether what he did was right or wrong or on the moral aspects of the subject matter but here in the US the government must have a warrant to search electronic devices and that warrant must name the material they are seeking. If they list images related to child pornography, child molestation, etc they cannot go looking for evidence of drug dealing per se. But let's assume they find evidence of drug dealing, do you not think they will simply broaden the scope of their investigation and go looking in every corner of s life to now prove something they previously were unaware of before they hypothetically gain access to the drive.