On 13 Sep 97 at 21:45, Robert Hettinga wrote:
At 2:40 pm -0400 on 9/13/97, Steve forwarded from Senator Bryan:
of this technology. Unfortunately, encryption technology provides criminal organizations, terrorists, drug traffickers, and child pornographers with an effective method of shielding illegal activities from law enforcement agencies.
Wow. Horseman city...
I wonder who gives them the idea for this stuff? Wired should be banned from the confines of DC. ;-).
Note, too, how well the Senator firmly straddles the fence all through the letter, agreeing somewhat with one position but remaining concerned about the flip side. It's a complete CYA job, part of a library of boilerplate updated as the issues come and go, and designed to make every correspondent feel like the Senator understands the constituent's position regardless of what it may really be. It's the ultimate in "reasonable," "responsible" Newspeak and scarcely touched by human hands, much less Senatorial ones. TJ