> The risk, he [Barr] said, was acceptable because “we are talking about consumer products and services such as messaging, smart phones, e-mail, and voice and data applications,” and “not talking about protecting the nation’s nuclear launch codes.”

Two things about this odd quote, which dances on the edge of the Orwellian "nothing to hide" argument:

1. I'd put the odds that current president has in fact stored the nuclear launch codes on a "consumer product" at 50:50. He's shown a shocking disregard and disdain for protocol. The way in which diplomacy is carried out through Twitter suggests he's not capable of evaluating the threats posed his uses of consumer-grade technology.

2. Barr assumes a threat model involving petty criminals. The real threat is the US federal government, which has demonstrated repeated disregard, under multiple administrations, for search and seizure boundaries set by the Constitution.