At 9:17 AM -0700 7/23/97, amp@pobox.com wrote:
Excellent quote contained in the link below... "We don't give a damn about export policy," FBI Assistant director James Callstrom said. "We care about protecting people domestically, and we can't do that without wiretapping capabilities."
Translation: "We know we can't stop crypto overseas, we don't believe the american people have =any= right to privacy."
This of course has been obvious for the past 4 to 5 years of the Clipper/GAK debate. Even when they are pushing for export controls, they really want "Key Recovery" mandated. And they talk about catching terrorists and child pornographers...catching them _in the U.S._, that is. How export controls help catch domestic criminals, Mafia dons, etc. is unclear to all of us. And when people repeatedly point out that common criminals, terrorists, and the like are unlikely in the extreme to escrow their keys with the government...the government shills and officials are silent. --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."