Tim wrote: --------- (Not that this would have stopped the WTC cells from planning their attacks in apartments, motel rooms, etc., nor from using the signals they sent over pagers and cell phones. Good old-fashoned codes are impossible to defeat.) --------- Something must be done about that. How about passing a law that all smoke detectors (already required in hotels and apartments) contain small cameras and microphones for law enforcement access in the defense of the homeland only? Undoubtedly, this modest measure would be a reasonable compromise between liberty and safety. --Lucky, who is presently listening to CNet Radio "The Voice of Technology" calling for a ban on unescrowed encryption without backdoors in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks. http://www.cnet.com/cnettv/0-1519376.html# "You have to know that to gain certain security, you must give up certain rights". Direct quote from the host.