(fwd) Newt says Clipper Chip is Dead

[Jonathan Rochkind]

At 5:44 PM 12/19/94, James A. Donald wrote:
>On his weekly call-in TV show on National Empowerment Television tonight,
>Newt received a call asking about his opinion on the Clipper Chip, and he
>replied that it was a moot point, in that the Clipper chip concept was
>designed for a condition that no longer exists.

Eh? What condition is that? I don't understand.

What condition used to exist that required the deployment of the Clipper
Chip, that no longer exists?
What was he talking about?