Eli, Of course the guys with the STU phones will keep them, this is Type II security, which is of a lower level. The people who really need these phones are the civil servants in these departments: Agriculture Commerce Education Energy EPA HHS HUD Interior Justice Labor State Transportation Treasury Veterans Affairs ...that is, people in positions to missapropriate funds, or create overly generous contracts with their future employers. There is no good argument that these functionaries shouldn't be Clippered, except that nobody should be. ""National Security"" doesn't apply here. You also seem to be thinking with two cliches: 1. You can't fight city hall. 2. This is the way things have always been, this is the way they always will be. The guys who put this in motion certainly aren't thinking with 2), but they sure are hoping you're thinking with 1). Please expunge both of them from your mind and replace then with an appreciation of forces and masses: Judo. -a2.]