The Thursday Oct 7 San Jose Mercury News lead editorial contains a note acknowledging a sane point of view about cryptographic exports. (It's titled "Unshackled Tech -- Looser export rules will boost Silicon Valley Sales", and it discusses Clinton's decision last week to boost the speed limit for exportable computers.) The *good* part, though, is: " * Congress should update the Export Administration Act. A 1990 version would have lifted export controls on telecommunications and software with encryption codes, which give the software users a better way to keep data secret. President Bush vetoed it. His administration wanted to deprive the Chinese and Russians of the latest, hard-to-bug telecommunications equipment, and the latest encrypted software. Well, the Chinese already know how to make the new telecommunications equipment. The encryption software is in the hands of anyone who can find a pirated copy." Awareness is beginning to grow out there. Doug