Just heard Newt mumbling about the need for better intelligence monitoring and *more* "anti-terrorist" legislation. Bet you're right. bd On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, Mike van der Merwe wrote:
Hi all
I can just see the FBI screaming "we need weaker encryption to combat terrosism on US soil" with nasty effects -- it seems all to many people, lawmakers included, will be only to happy to sacrifice their privacy that the FBI can better combat these terrorist acts (which could *of course* could been prevented had only the FBI been able to read their encrypted mail...)
Somehow I got the feeling watching CNN that the FBI was given a shitload of ammo. Call me cynical but the Reichstag fire comes to mind...
Later Mike
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