[tptacek]

The FBI and NSA are two very, very different organizations. NSA is a feeder for software security talent in private industry. I have never even heard of someone coming out of the FBI knowing how to break into a computer. NSA people want to leave the agency to write a string of journal articles or to make a couple million bucks. FBI people want to leave the bureau to become Assistant District Attorneys. Infosec literacy in the FBI boils down to knowing how to use EnCase.

I responded to this same comment with more details that I won't repeat, but, with respect, I'd suggest not taking seriously the crypto insights of someone who equates these two agencies.

The fact that only one organization in the US Government is likely to be able to break your disk encryption isn't a moot point, because that one organization is extremely unlikely to harass a US citizen; forget the law, the simple incentives are all wrong.