>I do not for a moment doubt the ability of politicians of ALL parties to get things wrong, often deliberately because it suits their purposes.
UPVOTE!
These people are not dumb, but like Ms Hilton, make a very good living out of playing dumb for the amusement of the electorate and the benefit of their sponsors.
In this case, the message was, "America is Better than the Others" which the electorate is free to interpret to mean whatever he's in favour of whatever they want him to be in favour of.
The average man doesn't understand why encryption can't be done with a backdoor. Why would you insult him by telling him it isn't logically possible?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
