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"It has been claimed, for example, that free application of cryptography enables drug traffickers and terrorists to communicate in secret, without the law enforcement officials being able to intercept their messages. In some countries, strong encryption has been banned or the keys have to be escrowed for government officials. With invisibility readily available to anyone with moderate programming skills, it is obvious that any such measures are ineffective. " This from the most recent online National Counterintelligence Center Counterintelligence News and Developments Volume 2 June 1998 http://www.nacic.gov/cind/june98.htm#rtoc4 "In some countries" indeed.