17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
I'm not sure what the NSA policy is on this. However, at that same conference Jim Settle from the FBI told us plainly that he is allowed to lie, and that the courts have confirmed this right. I doubt Baker would have confessed to a back door even if one existed and the question was complete.
Exactly right. The FBI may lie to you, but you may not lie to them (see 18 USC 1001). --Mike