GAK Query

Steven Miller, in his "Civilizing Cyberspace," remarks in his coverage of encryption issues that: ... the Administration is trying to split the [GAK] opposition by working with private industry groups on compromise escrow strategies that would let government agents see the contents of decoded messages without getting access to the escrowed key itself. [p. 306] Does anyone know more about this tactic, whether it is being pursued, or the legal and technical procedures for decoding and seeing the messages? As previously noted here: Civilizing Cyberspace: Policy, Power and the Information Highway Steven E. Miller (CPSR Board) Addison Wesley, 1996 ISBN 0-201-84760-4