[chernevik]

James Comey, head of the FBI:

"The notion that someone would market a closet that could never be opened — even if it involves a case involving a child kidnapper and a court order — to me does not make any sense."

The whole point of our system is that this guy can be as ignorant and disrespectful of our liberties as he likes, without actually endangering our society.

Which isn't to say that attitudes like his won't do damage. Really we ought to have officers -- in ALL stations of government -- with a far better understanding than this. Who, exactly, appointed this guy?

[rohansingh]

The hilarious part about all this is that companies do market and sell closets that cannot be forcibly opened. This product is commonly known as a safe.

[XorNot]

If you think a safe can't be opened by...practically any law enforcement agency quickly, then I don't know what to tell you.

I could talk about safe-cracking as an art, but I'd direct you to go look up a YouTube video a plasma cutter going through steel. The reality is most safes you buy commercially can be broken in under 30 minutes by an experience locksmith without such tools.

[dTal]

Safecracking aside, I imagine trying to forcibly compromise a decent safe stands a decent chance of killing a child locked inside, particularly if you reach straight for your plasma cutter.

[vermontdevil]

The problem is Comey spent his entire career on one side of the system - the prosecutorial side.

People at high levels of government (Director of FBI, US Attorney, etc) should at least spend some time on the other side to better understand how the whole system works.

Of course it won't happen - all the career paths to the top are through the prosecutorial side. That leds to people like Comey, the AG for Swartz case, etc have such overbearing attitude about our rights.