I am seeing the future and it worries me, closed law enforcement communications, DHS, totalitarianism is coming and i am not saying this lightly, think about it, we are letting it happen everyday in the name of security, the name homeland for example, not only is this used for the first time but greatly reminds me of the terms "Fatherland", or in russia "Motherland", but this tend towards encrypting everything scares me, the governments do it in the name of our security, trust me a terrorist organization as well funded as hezbollah and al queida can acquire the hardware and know how to decrypt the transmissions anyway,.
a comprimise solution would possibly be to offer recieve only radios for purchase with registration and a background check (No Felonies,etc) now i could live with that.
sorry i am ranting but i am upset by this to no end, this fear of terrorism is getting out of hand and the american people have given the federal,state, and local governments carte blanche to do whatever they want in the name of homeland security.