There is concern among people who support strong encryption algorithms. They monitor social and political issues affecting their access to these products. They organize under international web sites. One that I find particularly interesting is the Cypherpunks . Their web site is a storehouse of interesting information about encryption.
Key recovery is the second most important issue under encryption politics.
Key recovery has been an issue since 1994. Government asserted its role in key recovery by creating the Key Escrow System. The very same system that delivers the Clipper Chip. Two government agencies escrow one half of the encryption key. The two agents are NIST representatives at the Department of Commerce and the Treasury.