Personally I don't believe there's a backdoor in the technology but think they can (and probably will) comply if you have a backup key stored in the cloud, whic

Personally I don't believe there's a backdoor in the technology but think they can (and probably will) comply if you have a backup key stored in the cloud, which Windows 8 consumer versions do by default (https://onedrive.live.com/recoverykey https://onedrive.live.com/recoverykey). That would explain the evasive answer. There were earlier stories from a developer building Bitlocker indicating the FBI did want a backdoor at the time but ultimately settled for this. You can avoid sending the backup key to the cloud, but I'd advise to keep a backup of this key somewehere: I have had to use a backup key on several occasions after a bad reboot.