> Not if you want to execute any SELECT SQL statements against the data,
> which involve context evaluation.
>
> Since the data will be encrypted outside the database, the engine will
> not be able to decrypt the data in order to perform SQL statements.

What kind of SQL statements? Sum? Max? Min? Huh!

> By encrypting the data outside of the engine, you are really only using
> the database engine as a data store, without any possibility of real
> intelligence.

"Real intelligence" and "government" are far not too close.

SY, SD.