I thought we had a 5th amendment. Isn't turning over your key that may (or may not) expose encriminating evidence an extension of self-encrimination? Haven't there been dozens of famous witnesses (Patty Hurst, Oliver North, etc) that "take the 5th" dozens of times on the stand. Why couldn't I "take the 5th" when asked for my encryption keys? When asked for your key, can't you say: "I'm sorry your honor, but I respectfully refuse to answer that question on the grounds that it may incriminate me.". Any legal-eagles out there? G.C.G. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Geoffrey C. Grabow | Great people talk about ideas. | | Oyster Bay, New York | Average people talk about things. | | gcg@pb.net | Small people talk about people. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | PGP 2.6.2 public key available at http://www.pb.net/~wizard | | and on a plethora of key servers around the world. | | Key ID = 0E818EC1 | | Fingerprint = A6 7B 67 D7 E9 96 37 7D E7 16 BD 5E F4 5A B2 E4 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | That which does not kill us, makes us stranger. - Trevor Goodchild | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~