content: This is not just a Republican problem.  It is a US government problem.  Perhaps a little less divisive partisan silliness and 3 minutes of research on google would do some of us in the US a bit of good.  A sampling of the many articles with prominent Democrats calling for security back doors. "The House has twice passed amendments that have barred the federal government from requiring companies to create decryption keys.  But Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), the intelligence panel’s ranking Democrat, called for legislation that would require the companies to cooperate.  “It seems to me, if companies will not voluntarily comply with lawful court orders for information, then they should be required to do so through legislation,” she said."  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-chief-terror-group-turning-to-encrypted-communications/2015/07/08/89167f74-2579-11e5-aae2-6c4f59b050aa_story.html or "Tech support, please: FBI wants backdoors to encrypted info; Diane Feinstein wants social networks’ help"  - http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/07/09/tech-support-please-fbi-wants-backdoors-to-encrypted-info-diane-feinstein-wants-social-networks-help/ or "In a press conference with Cameron on Friday, however, President Obama agreed with his British counterpart that the absence of backdoors is “a problem.” - http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/01/19/obama_wants_backdoors_in_encrypted_messaging_to_allow_government_spying.html