Probably for some operations. This would allow more of the intercepted and decrypted messages to become evidence in court. This would encourage more law enforcement agencies to use more backdoors.

IANAL

Except out in the open with plausible ... stuff.

Kind of like how woods hole "finds" a lot of stuff in the ocean.

I mean, if this means bounty hunters sell their exploits to the US Government instead of selling it to a financial fraud ring, that seems like a good thing.

Could you elaborate on the "stuff" that is found in the ocean for the purposes of this analogy?

I suspect other arms of the government that can put a man far underwater find things in the ocean and pass it on.

so if woods hole finds something, or a hacker finds something, who knows if they got a hint from elsewhere.

Second that, please - the analogy went over my head, but sounds interesting

Could you elaborate on that?