Re: I told you so

On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Tim May wrote:

In a 45 to 1 vote, the committee adopted an amendment from Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) and Rep. Ron Dellums (D-Calif.) that would condition all exports of coding technology on the potential for harm to national security.

And, just (I am starting to sound like Tim :) as I predicted years ago, it passes with overwhelming majority. OK, to be honest, I predicted that a domestic ban/severe restrictions on use of strong crypto would pass with well over 90% of the votes. And that prediction of course still stands. If they can ban machine guns, they can ban crypto. Expect nothing from the Supreme Court. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred