Local Law Oppose FBI on Crypto
A point made at Senator Ashcroft's crypto hearing going on now, made by James J. Fotis, of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America, is that many local police departments do not want the FBI and federal agencies snooping on them, thus, they oppose the FBI's stance on crippled crypto. To be sure, they may fear the feds because of local corruption, but it's a crack in the blue wall solidarity that the FBI has heretofore vaunted. Listen in by RealAudio: http://www.computerprivacy.org/archive/03171998-1/
At 11:38 -0500 3/17/98, John Young wrote:
A point made at Senator Ashcroft's crypto hearing going on now, made by James J. Fotis, of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America, is that many local police departments do not want the FBI and federal agencies snooping on them, thus, they oppose the FBI's stance on crippled crypto.
The LEAA is part of the Americans for Computer Privacy effort and was listed as one of their member groups at the announcement earlier this month... -Declan
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