SINCLAIR DOUGLAS writes:

I'm not sure what the NSA policy is on this. However, at that same conference Jim Settle from the FBI told us plainly that he is allowed to lie, and that the courts have confirmed this right. I doubt Baker would have confessed to a back door even if one existed and the question was complete.

Ah, of course. What was I thinking? After all, this is a national security issue we're dealing with. I guess my idealism is showing again. Jim_Miller@suite.com