The claim was that Matt Blaze got "the briefing". I asked him about this, and this is what he said to me (forwarded with permission). I don't think I actually got "the briefing". They invited the seven authors of the key length report down to DC to talk with a bunch of policy types, but they never showed us the bodies (or the files on us, or whatever it is they show the people who they really want to impress). Perry