At 6:25 PM 7/5/96, Duncan Frissell wrote:

Since no one has mentioned exactly what happened at the LP Convention, I will relate it from memory and JR can correct me.

They were going to vote on adopting a platform plank that upheld the right of everybody to use any crypto they wanted and export it an everything and also opposing the proposal for a requirement that people use a key escrow system set up by the government.

I'm now watching the LP convention on C-SPAN, and taping it for a friend (who may have a book contract to do a book related to something along these lines). The one LP event I ever attended was the California LP annual convention, some years ago, and found it crushingly boring. This looks a bit more exciting. I suspect the LP will continue to get 3-4% of the vote, maybe a tad more this year due to widespread dissatisfaction with Dinton and Clole and with the obvious charisma of Harry Browne. --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."