Watchdog sites keep an eye on legislative proposals and their possible effect. They're a great resource to figure out who might be reading your e-mail in the future. The Electronic Privacy Information Center organizes and reviews news, legislation and documents discussing encryption issues. Wisely, the feds are trying to work with the technology industry to resolve everyone's concerns. They all got together at a recent meeting to discuss how encryption technology can protect privacy without masking criminal activity.
Law enforcement needs to hold encryption technology back within their ability to crack it.
Who wins this battle will fundamentally affect our freedom. The Internet is not inside the United States or any other single country. Trying to stop any advance in technology, especially software development, is fruitless. Just ask the German government. They ignored that when they outlawed pornography on CompuServe.