Fireworks expected at Thursday encryption hearing Washington, July 24 (Reuter) -- After sailing through two quiet subcommittee hearings, a bill to relax restrictions on computer encoding faces a much choppier ride before the full Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday. The committee will hear from some of the Clinton administration's big guns on crime and national security, including FBI Director Louis Freeh and William Crowell, deputy director of the National Security Agency. [Snip] Netscape's James Barksdale, who entranced senators at a June 12 subcommittee hearing, will return Thursday to again make the case for relaxing export restrictions. [Snip] Others expected to testify Thursday include William Reinsch, undersecretary for the Bureau of Export Administration at the Commerce Department; Tandem Computers Inc. President Roel Pieper; and Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. The hearing will be broadcast live over the Internet, starting at about 9:15 a.m. EDT using Progressive Network's Real Audio software. The technique was first used at a June 26 subcommittee hearing on the encryption bill. Computer users anywhere in the world with sound capability can tune in at http://www.hotwired.com/wiredside. -----