We all supposedly know how totalitarian Saudi Arabia is compared to the free United States, so giving Saudi Arabia eaves dropping and decryption tools is something we all obviously dislike. But we are all bathing in American propaganda, so many people, like those "patriotic hackers", support the Feds having the same power that Saudi Arabia is seeking. In fact, the US government is doing much more sophisticated eavesdropping of all our communications and storing it for later perusal. And they use the same "terrorism" justification as the dictators. And what is a terrorist? Whoever they say is a terrorist. Which can include anyone advancing any political ideology that is frowned upon by the bipartisan "washington consensus" of what is acceptable debate. From libertarians to environmentalists to any kind of anti-authoritarian that doesn't serve the interests of the establishment.