Thanks to Declan we've digitized the declassified 64-page transcript of the House International Relations Committee closed hearing on the SAFE bill, dated July 21, 1997, at which FBI's Freeh, NSA's Crowell and BXA's Reinsch made statements on crypto policy, described the administration's dreams for worldwide GAK and noddled about how to shame unpatriotic industries -- Microsoft is cited as a prime disobedient, while Netscape, Reinsch smarms, has joined up. This is Rep. Gilman's committee, and the discussion aptly outlines the grounds for his "first amendment" to SAFE recently posted here. Our Web site is kaput this morning so for now we can only offer the 99K file by e-mail, HTML formatted. If you want a copy send us e-mail with the subject: HIR_hear We'll include a parallel 18 July letter to Members of Congress on the same topic from AG Reno and seven top federal law enforcers, also provided by Well-connected Declan. If your mail can't handle a 99K file, someday, maybe this weekend, the two docs will be on our site at, respectively: http://jya.com/hir-hear.htm http://jya.com/crypto-law8.htm Coda: Gilman represents, if you didn't know, my rathole of the U.S. financial market. The transcript shows that he loved the G-men, wink-winked at them throughout the hearing, eyeing the propects for helpful legislation. Reinsch brags that BXA and the banks are preparing an onslaught on the undisciplined world market, working with world leaders, as ever, caching real-time gold for select wise marketers, bribing with gov-biz deals across the political spectrum. Sez all the industry holdouts on GAK will come around when they see the Big Corps caving. Reinsch asserted that Microsoft is power behind Goodlatte's bill. Goodlatte didn't deny, just said MS is one of a horde. Hmm.