Igor Chudov (ichudov@algebra.com) quotes Johm Markoff

But government officials disputed the idea that requiring decoding technology would necessarily mean the technology would be used.

``There is nothing about putting this enabling technology into law that will inevitably lead to it being turned on,'' said Robert LITT [J?], a deputy assistant U.S. attorney in the Justice Department's criminal division. ``From the law-enforcement point of view, this is a better way to provide for our public safety.''

In other news, Nazi Party officials disputed the idea that requiring all Jewish showers to be "gas chamber enabled" would necessarily mean that the technology would be used. "There is nothing about putting this enabling technology into law that will inevitably lead to it being turned on," said SS Obergruppenfurher Reinhard Freeh, a deputy assistant Reich Chancellor for Racial Hygiene. "From the National Socialist point of view, this is simply a better way to provide for our eugenic safety." -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ enoch@zipcon.com $ via Finger $ {Free Cypherpunk Political Prisoner Jim Bell}