At 06:12 PM 9/11/97 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
I'm reading the bill more closely. This is incredibly slick work.
1. When it appears that any person is selling, importing, or distributing non-backdoor'd crypto or "about" to do so, the Atty General can sue to stop them. "Upon the filing of the complaint seeking injunctive relief by the Attorney General, the court shall automatically issue a temporary restraining order against the party being sued."
They get an *automatic* TRO? [...]
More interestingly, this gives courts including the FISA court (yes, the secret court that has never denied a request for a wiretap) jurisdiction; they can issue ex parte orders giving police access to plaintext. Also lets U.S. government coordinate with other governments in doing such.
Is there any way of finding out the names of the judges sitting on the FISA court? --Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. DES is dead! Please join in breaking RC5-56. http://rc5.distributed.net/