---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 18:22:48 -0400 From: Alan Davidson <abd@cdt.org> To: "--Todd Lappin-->" <telstar@wired.com>, fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu Subject: Re: An Attempt to Hobble SAFE Crypto Bill At 11:03 AM -0800 7/25/97, --Todd Lappin--> wrote:

An Attempt to Hobble House Crypto Bill

by Rebecca Vesely

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The amendment, by Representative Benjamin Gilman (R-New York), who chairs the International Relations Committee, would make it unlawful to "manufacture, distribute, sell, or import any product within the United States that can be used to encrypt communications or information if the product does not permit the real-time decryption of such encrypted communications or information."

The full text of this very frightening amendment is now available on CDT's Web site at: http://www.cdt.org/crypto/legis_105/SAFE/index.shtml#970725 It's a chilling glimpse at the Administration's view of a mandatory-domestic-key-recovery world. This is the first time I've seen anyone put such a provision through the House Legislative Counsel process. -- Alan Alan Davidson, Staff Counsel 202.637.9800 (v) Center for Democracy and Technology 202.637.0968 (f) 1634 Eye St. NW, Suite 1100 <abd@cdt.org> Washington, DC 20006 PGP key via finger