Saying the government will do what it wants is a vast oversimplification of how the government works. The government doesn't speak with a single voice. The FBI

Saying the government will do what it wants is a vast oversimplification of how the government works. The government doesn't speak with a single voice. The FBI can want one thing, the judge in this case another, a different judge something else, and each and every member of congress something different altogether. Even within the executive branch in the US there are differences in opinion: Tor, for instance, is partially funded by the US Department of State and the National Science Foundation (according to their donor page: https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors.html.en https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors.html.en) while it has been opposed by law enforcement and the NSA. The importance of a debate like this is it allows the various parts of our governments (and their bosses: us) to state their positions and work out a solution. What that solution is is not a foregone conclusion in the least (cf. the Clipper Chip, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip)