-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 04:18 PM 6/19/97 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
After the vote, advocacy groups tried to put a good face on the devastating loss -- and an expensive defeat it was. After 15 months of lobbying, countless hearings, backroom dealmaking, and political capital spent, ProCODE is gutted and dead. "There's another day. We have confidence in the system," said BSA's Robert Holleyman. CDT's Jerry Berman said, "What is encouraging is that unlike the CDA other committees are getting involved."
Anyone mentally retarded enough to expect a congresscritter to protect one's rights deserves everything they get. "Advocacy groups" could have better spent their time litigating crypto and encouraging the use of strong crypto by themselves and their supporters. DCF -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBM6nZRIVO4r4sgSPhAQE9qwP/QvWwKOQf8Y9E8dMGnPfU+frUpgqIIshD aPJxnhOr3OxA/3jdCk434EketlVRx2F19KS/68Cy8HIBPQMUq8eEhGaPi3nHcBOd ME9Gnh7ewvMCjhcsLzW8fMKKhHgiBEddAjHzm+QnCJAQ3Hvm7VH9rh5BEiYLp/cu i8adb6uCdnQ= =5w0+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----