I'm working on a Netizen article for Wired Magazine on secret crypto-briefings and thought I'd ask the list for help. You know the briefings I'm talking about -- classified sessions where the FBI director, the Commerce Dept, NSA, and occasionally anti-drug officials pressure Congressmen to place restrictions on encryption. Sometimes it works, and our elected representatives vote to put strict limits on encryption technologies. (The secret briefings certainly seemed to work on the House Commerce committee.) I'd like to unlock those closed doors. If anyone has insights into what happens during these sessions, I'd be very interested in learning more. Pointers to open sources would be great. I will keep your identity confidential. I'd also be interested in learning more about the secret briefing practices of other countries. Please feel free to recirculate this message. I've attached my PGP key below. Please use it sparingly; I keep my private key on a non-networked machine and it's laborious to move data back and forth. If you want to send a tip through an anonymous remailer, a web-based one is at: http://www.replay.com/remailer/anon_no_ssl.html Thanks, Declan ****************** http://www.well.com/user/declan/.pgpkey PGP Key fingerprint = F4 0A 36 1F 7F B1 4B CB 5C 38 2C 13 FE 1E 4D 80 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzF5mVcAAAEEALKyL4tjF7t4h+hmbY+q0b0FdSZy3dx8LuUwkTmAY6Ib/YX7 WhZR22+T1Tts/JaC7iAhr/zfxI9IrHqT1C7NV/aqdEVAuI+pjYKpcRKOU7i0ccAx db/jddUvzX4bjqKQQLLcOihcle6BD2+7vEXxaaMOA5nTU5i/Sn7vt7V2BpKxAAUT tCJEZWNsYW4gTWNDdWxsYWdoIDxkZWNsYW5Ad2VsbC5jb20+iQCVAwUQMXmajn7v t7V2BpKxAQG6NAP/RUEBrnFfR6vbIdoAeyt2jXsuPPcH944mnyp4fNLH3OEzQlj6 tXee9eYaqazUgkLNCyWXDDGQJxsok58hqIEOHoTgilAcomMW3mIoqN7uMIevyvmo NH170+a6drNwY4kNXNUsDDx6qfgQz5wTxaVyxbZuyslX1k3kDID8vPSyxbs= =dofB -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- ******************