Because the use of encouragement tactics by undercover agents can seriously threaten individual privacy and integrity, Congress should put limits on its use. At the same time, undercover activity must be allowed as long as the Federal government prosecutes victimless or consentual crimes such as narcotics trafficking, gambling, and bribery. The proper balance, then, is the use of inducement techniques only when they can be fully justified. Entrapment operations should be forbidden unless authorized by a warrant issued after a showing of reasonable suspicion, and the defense of entrapment would be abolished. The proposal is discussed in light of the facts of the DeLorean and Abscam cases. 213 footnotes.