https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/10/14/lights-trac...
Am I an idiot who went out way too fast for the first 600m and then died, or did I exactly hit my teammate's pace, and then fall off intentionally?
You mostly cannot get off on a technicality like this. If they judge believe that a reasonable person thinks there was a human rabbit they can DQ you even if there are other explanations.
Same with all the plausible deniability with passwords etc, the judge can simple not believe you and put you in jail until you remember the password (even if you do not remember it).
In America, you can be compelled to surrender something you have, but not something you know.
So the jail you're waiting in while you remember you password is probably in Guantanamo Bay.
Even still, race directors have even wider latitude for DQs. In the end I suppose it ultimately comes down to propensity for those in disagreement to riot.
So it appears 18 months is max for currently for refusing to decrypt a drive, but it is under active court cases at the moment.
The important thing is that you are wrong, you can clearly be forced to surrender something you know.
Edit: The important part is not that you are wrong, but that the courts can put you in jail for refusing to disclose something you know.
Nobody would be fooled by such a patently ridiculous argument. People have common sense.
For instance, in Roger Bannister's record-breaking four-minute mile run, Chris Brasher and Christopher Chataway acted as pacers. According to a prearranged plan, Brasher led the first two laps, then dropped back (and finished last). Chataway then led, until Bannister kicked with just over half a lap to go.