Lacie Thunderbolt drive able to be encrypted?

Hi, I have got a 2TB Lacie Thunderbolt drive (great little thing!) But since I use it for large documents that I need when on the road I usually do format the external drives encrypted, Since sensitive data is on there and in hotels always is a risk that something gets stolen.I used PGP before Lion and was happy when I was able to retire it with Lion. My question is: I don't see a possibility to encrypt the raid here, do I miss something?
Thanks

Create a disc image file using a Format of "sparsebundle." This type of image file will expand as needed. For simpliciy you can even select the folder containing all your sensitive files and create a new disc image from the entire folder. Disk Utility will provide a range of options including the type of encryption desired.

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panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff8001c1a46e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80020e9774, type 14=page fault, registers:
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seejoefish wrote:
I called the manufacturer of the drive and they state it is "Apple's problem".
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