Bush Calls Administration Encryption Policy "Outdated" Responding to a question about encryption technology in an ongoing Internet debate, Texas Gov. George W. Bush castigated President Clinton and Vice President Gore for what he called "outdated" technology policy. "The Clinton administration has repeatedly been slow to recognize the realities of the international market for encryption products regulated by our nationís export laws," Bush said in a written response posted on the Web White & Blue Web page. Read the article: Newsbytes @ http://www.newsbytes.com/news/00/157435.html

This Bush bit may sound positive but I expect increasingly draconian legitimate access legislation from both parties. Neither of them can be trusted and they will settle for nothing less than an absolute right to gather information and force key disclosure when they can't read it. If they can't have what they want today they will work towards tomorrow. Nonstop, like ants or termites. Mike