Open letter to the NSA

You screwed up, guys. If, instead of restricting the export of strong crypto systems, you had instead encouraged it, you would have prevented the development of foreign crypto expertise. Look at South Africa: we banned them armaments, so they created their own arms industry. Now they're a serious arms exporter. You won in the short-term and lost in the long-term. Where is the wisdom needed to admit your mistake? Missing, I'd say. -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson Crynwr Software sells packet driver support | PGP ok 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | Corporations persuade; Potsdam, NY 13676 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | governments coerce.