17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Indeed, many government policies can be understood only from this perspective. Clipper is a perfect example. Key escrow exists only because the NSA doesn't want to risk blame if some terrorist or drug dealer were to use an unescrowed NSA-produced algorithm.
If this is indeed the case, Matt Blaze's results should be particularly devastating to them. - Bill