>“Technical people will say it’s too hard,” Comey said. “ My reaction to that is: Really? Too hard? Too hard for the people we have in this country to figure something out? I’m not that pessimistic.”<p>He's putting his fingers in his ears shouting "Nah nah nah, can't hear you!"<p>It's depressingly obvious he has no idea how encryption/secure channels work or the implications of backdoors.
It's incredible how these people have grown to be detached from the common sentiment.<p>Don't they realise how much the repeated scandals and abuses have discredited the agencies they represent?