On Tue, 12 Sep 1995, Jim Gillogly wrote:
Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net> writes: No question. Many high profile public corruption, Mafia, and high-level... ...In our district, we managed to convict almost 20 people... Particularly effective were the court-approved video and audio tapes of...
I don't doubt that wiretaps may sometimes be abused despite the incredibly onerous review process, but they have positive aspects, too.
In how many of these cases did you fail to get the necessary information because of encryption? Has this proportion been changing over the years?
I wasn't personally involved in any of the cases, but I susupect the answer re encryption is zero. There was the time the FBI agent failed to push the record button, however. My response was to the wiretap correlation to career-making cases. I don't believe encryption is widespread enough yet to be a serious problem in the Title III area. It is a potential problem, though, as encryption (rightfully) spreads. The question I am debating with myself, with all of your help, is what the policy "ought to be." Even if I ultimately come down in my own mind on the Cypherpunks side of the line, understand that, as far as policy goes (and, hell, everything else for that matter), I'm a nobody. But I try to make up my own mind about what is right. EBD
Jim Gillogly Hevensday, 21 Halimath S.R. 1995, 23:06
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