The problem with all the current bills like original SAFE and ProCODE is that they're too wimpy, abstract, arcane. Who cares about protecting business? Nobody, at least not when you'll be dubbed soft on crime. So what's the one thing everyone cares about and wants to protect? Yes, that's right: CHILDREN!!!! I think someone should introduce a bill called "The Child Molester Prevention and Effective Sentencing Act of 1997." The summary: "To reduce crime, protect our children, and secure our private communications from child molesters, pedophiles, and various perverts, this bill would spur the development of privacy-enhancing technologies by removing all export controls on encryption products." Who would ever vote against the CMPA? Who wants to be soft on child molesters and random perverts? Not even Louis Freeh could successfully oppose this one... -Declan (Okay, okay. It's a Friday. Time for me to go home...) ------------------------- Declan McCullagh Time Inc. The Netly News Network Washington Correspondent http://netlynews.com/