cfp '94 transcript

[Mike Godwin]

> I'm not sure what the NSA policy is on this.  However, at that
> same conference Jim Settle from the FBI told us plainly that
> he is allowed to lie, and that the courts have confirmed this
> right.  I doubt Baker would have confessed to a back door even
> if one existed and the question was complete.
 
Exactly right. The FBI may lie to you, but you may not lie
to them (see 18 USC 1001).


--Mike