"...during a 1997 interview, Adm. James McConnell, former director of the National Security Agency, confirmed that the Clinton administration gave the sophisticated key recovery surveillance technology to communist China in 1996.
McConnell noted that the advanced technology gives China the power to electronically lock out U.S. intelligence monitoring and lock in the Chinese population.
"Even if the Chinese use weak encryption the sheer volume of their communications will make it impossible for us to monitor. If China were to erect a public key infrastructure it will severely impact our intelligence gathering ability," stated McConnell.
He also stated that Clinton was aware that the advanced surveillance technology might be abused by hostile foreign powers.
"Can Key Recovery be used against dissidents and political opponents?" asked Adm. McConnell.
"In a word, YES," he concluded emphatically..."
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Damn you to hell Trei.