Now does this not just figure? One person from the group comes up with a compromise that might, MIGHT, make this a little more palatable, and it goes nowhere:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/as-encryption-spreads-us-worries-about-access-to-data-for-investigations/2015/04/10/7c1c7518-d401-11e4-a62f-ee745911a4ff_story.html

Probably partially because the suggestion comes from a former military member. The military does not share in their desperate need for this. They have the DIA, which is both more effective, and is relatively uninvolved in this NSA fiasco. They must get involved at times it seems, but then maybe not. Their methods have always succeeded where the NSA failed. Makes one wonder what they do differently, does it not?