Sterilized medflies of crypto

It hit me yesterday that if the FBI succeeds in getting the Clipper chip as the de facto hardware standard for encryption, it will be like the effort to fight the Medfly infestation by releasing sterilized flies: a world full of worthless encryption chips -- ones we'd never be able to use ourselves or export, but with chips occupying the sites labeled "encryption chips go here". Meanwhile, notice how the FBI & Co. chose to milk the accusaiton that if the algorithm is secret, it might have a back door? ...ignoring the obvious security weakness in the registration itself? I have heard nothing about the registration plan -- probably never will. It's too easy for them to fight over security of algorithms. - Carl