There are no purely technical solutions to social ills. Any organization operating under color of law can circumvent encryption entirely by going after the endpoints.
If folks are unhappy with the current state of affairs, they should concentrate on writing laws, not code. Else any code that's written will simply be obviated.
I believe ISOC is making that point, too.
It does seem odd that it's fine for certain unsupervised surveillance organisations to make use of "hacking" in a manner that would see normal people prosecuted and receive lengthy prison sentences, especially in the United States.
Should add some beer to this post now, but Snowden hasn't leaked any as of yet.