-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I managed to miss seeing the Deputy Attorney General, whose name I will resist [with great effort] making a very tasteless joke about, but I've decided to briefly delurk to ask a question I have wondered about for some time: Who (an *individual's name*, not a department, please) came up with my unfavorite Orwellian-term, "key escrow"? I think it was likely a Bush administration official, and probably an attorney [ie. should have known better]. I am, as many of you know, trying to redefine the terms of the debate to our favored term, "GAK" -- although I must say the temptation was strong to try for "Federal Usurpation of Crypto Keys [etc.]" but I feel it's important to try to keep the debate polite until they reach the "cold, dead neurons" stage... Anyway, I assume this Bush administration official, like David Kessler, <spit!> is still a government employee -- and I would very much like to write a polite (believe it or not) letter to him or her, concerning the origin of the term. I will, of course, report back to the list if I get a reply. PS Loren Riddel(sp?) - I am back in south Florida, please send me your key and the secret word(s) in a PGPmessage. JMR Regards, Jim Ray -- DNRC Minister of Encryption Advocacy "The president has kept the promises he meant to keep." -- George Stephanopoulos (tells the truth, for once). ___________________________________________________________________ PGP id.E9BD6D35 51 5D A2 C3 92 2C 56 BE 53 2D 9C A1 B3 50 C9 C8 <mailto:liberty@gate.net> http://www.shopmiami.com/prs/jimray Coming soon, "Pennies For Perot" page! CYA with http://www.anonymizer.com ___________________________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Freedom isn't Freeh. iQCVAwUBMeo56G1lp8bpvW01AQFWcQQAsw/oUk57ljTKzO8lNgXoV7Lmoo2vWzw0 bk6fxGalAkDXtcgsPDdHBZ/ZV6EIpUhoIgAXi1G9ByI3jG36gxvWDD8eh2mr/ize 5HD9SKkgqCp09zwjKyBKwKAfZPGAT8oWlE0QOeBbp4ayGt+KRYk2llxultkYVlIS 4KQ5r+WQg6U= =dymZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----