"What do you mean? Of course the Emperor is wearing clothes!" John http://library.whitehouse.gov/Briefings.cgi?date=0&briefing=0 December 19, 1996 PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE MCCURRY 1:37 P.M. EST THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release December 19, 1996 PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE MCCURRY The Briefing Room 1:37 P.M. EST MR. MCCURRY: I sit up here with no information to give, empty. Throw this thing away, this is useless. (Laughter.) I spent the whole morning running around, just like you guys do, running around trying to find somebody who knows something. And I found a whole lot of people who knew nothing. ...several pages deleted... Q Mike, the Post story on the encryption -- federal court decision on encryption software -- can you say what that does to the government's rule-making effort and its plans to -- MR. MCCURRY: I am told that folks at Justice are trying to figure that out. They're analyzing the opinion now and seeing what impact it has. The preliminary read that I've got from them is that it should not have any impact on it because of the way the case is structured and the opinion was drawn. But they're looking at it more carefully now. Q Mike, any comment on The New York Times report that the United States is cracking on war criminals in Bosnia? ....a page deleted... Q Thank you. MR. MCCURRY: Thank you, Helen. See you all tomorrow. Maybe we'll have some real news tomorrow for a change. (Laughter.) THE PRESS: Thank you. END 2:05 P.M. EST #289-12/19