In my post "Mandatory key escrow bill text" yesterday evening I included a URL to a Reuters dispatch about the SAFE hearing on Sep 4. I also forwarded the article to f-c, not sure about cypherpunks. The Sep 4 SAFE hearing seems to have been much more balanced than the Senate one the day before. I don't have a transcript of it, though. Beware the National Security committee markup and vote on SAFE next week. Mandatory key escrow is only one card the government has to play. -Declan On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, John Young wrote:
Declan, or anyone, are there any transcipts of this SAFE hearing, or news reports, or other documents:
September 4, 1997
SECURITY AND FREEDOM THROUGH ENCRYPTION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 695, Security and Freedom Through encryption (SAFE) Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Goodlatte and Lofgren; William P. Cowell, Deputy Director, NSA, Department of Defense; William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary, Export Administration, Department of Commerce; Robert S. Litt, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
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And for these of the coming week:
Congressional Record: September 5, 1997 (Digest):
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of September 8 through 13, 1997
[Excerpts] House Committees
Committee on National Security, September 9, to markup H.R. 695, Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 9, executive, hearing on Encryption legislation, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol. September 11, executive, to markup Encryption legislation, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
Committee on Science, September 10, hearing on Next Generation Internet Initiative, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
September 11, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 2265, No Electronic Theft (NET) Act, and also on electronic copyright piracy, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
September 11, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing regarding cellular telephone fraud, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Senate Committees
Select Committee on Intelligence: September 10, to hold a closed briefing on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: September 11, to hold hearings to examine the confidentiality of medical information, 10 a.m., SD-430.