-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Bill Stewart writes;

Assuming the arrest warrant was good not revealing the key to a duly authorized court representative would be illegal (ie interfereing with a police investigation). If the courts serve a warrant for your arrest and the confiscation of data on your hard drive (and you refuse to turn the data over even after talking w/ an attorney) is specificaly mentioned you are opening yourself up for another whole world of legal hurt.

A citizen would have the legal right to refuse prior to talking w/ an attorney but not after, at that point it becomes witholding evidence.

If the process is legal there should be no reason a citizen can refuse to turn over his private keys (I don't believe self-incrimination holds here).

Well no doubt they have his True_Name now. I'm curious as to why they are so adamant about trying to break the encryption? I get the impression they don't have much of a case. Don't forget kids to save those sniffer tracings, they could earn you valuable prizes! I won't even go into how dumb it is to try accessing a cracked system through a single cutout, kids don't try this at home ;) Brian Williams Extropian Cypherpatriot smarter than your average bear. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLRn01tCcBnAsu2t1AQFSYwQAoQiqSmUmnl1CLOr94DF3V+4i274mGl+b kKyX8VU1FFFfY6jD8LC2EeMITFX0vJkuA29WxYEomUEa1WRlqt1z+wOahgpPaPzT ipyY0JF6xTOMSmTBnvsfEZWsJUHC4qTiNbQaONg5ooMic75bcnhWXTENfBFOlB50 E+f9M4GfPV0= =uGUA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----