Sorry, b/c the question mark is outside the parens I read that as the end of the sentence.
Then I refer to my comment on prism: "if you want to protect data from the government, prism etc, you're SOOL, no one can stop them cheating. let's focus on big-/tech/-startup cheats."
Though you talk about "backing" escrow, I mean regulating. The government otherwise controls all business and society. How is it any different to the banks, sec companies etc in that respect.
You> But what company has a "intelligence arms" in this manner? Are you talking about another big-tech corp?
"Their" in this circumstance refers to any government that might try to back Escrow.