Declan McCullagh for CNet:

American citizens can be ordered to decrypt their PGP-scrambled hard drives for police to peruse for incriminating files, a federal judge in Colorado ruled today in what could become a precedent-setting case.Judge Robert Blackburn ordered a Peyton, Colo., woman to decrypt the hard drive of a Toshiba laptop computer no later than February 21–or face the consequences including contempt of court.

Blackburn says that the Fifth Amendment – the right to avoid self-incrimination – doesn’t apply, and cited a 1789 act to bolster his position. My best is that we haven’t heard the last of this.