Pat Farrell says:

At the same time Digital Telephony looks like a lock to pass.

Maybe not. NY Times reports today that industry tells Congress that cost will be far greater than FBI says, and that big subsidies will be needed. Quote: The FBI Director, Louis J. Freeh, agreed that it would be "very, very difficult" to estimate costs. "But I certainly know what the cost of not proceeding will be in terms of crime and destruction," he added. End quote. Cost could be the Achilles heel of the bill. Taxpayers arise, sayeth T. May; and cypherpunks write good goad. John