At 6:43 AM -0700 9/4/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
The article says:
September 4, 1997 Encryption Tops Wide-Ranging Net Agenda in Congress By JERI CLAUSING
WASHINGTON -- As Congress returns from its summer break this week, it faces a host of legislative initiatives that could shape the future of online privacy, commerce and jurisdiction.
Topping the agenda is encryption, an issue that has pitted President Clinton and his top crime fighters against virtually everybody else.
I think that's basically right. Who else (besides perhaps local and state "crime fighters," the spooks, and some key escrow-happy businesses) supports this policy?
Who supports this policy? All those who count in this democratic world: NSA, FBI, NIST, DEA, FinCEN. BND, Mossad, GCHQ, DGSE, Annam, DIA, Chobetsu, ..... We're in a state of war with these war criminals. Freeh must be removed by any means necessary. His calling for mandatory (or involuntary) key escrow marks him as unworthy of continued tenure. He is marked for deletion. --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."