“The Justice Department wants to make it easier for law
enforcement authorities to obtain search warrants to secretly enter
suspects’ homes or offices and disable security on personal
computers as a prelude to a wiretap or further search,
according to documents and interviews with Clinton administration
officials.
“In a request set to go to Capitol Hill, Justice officials will
ask lawmakers to authorize covert action in response to the growing
use of software programs that encrypt, or scramble, computer
files…”