CSPAN Currency Creation Hearings

[Brad Dolan]

I caught part of it.

The general theme was,~"we're going to establish a `partnership' with 
digicash / crypto firms to ensure that our `legitimate law-enforcement 
needs' are designed into the products."~ 

bd

On Mon, 1 Jan 1996, Wink Junior wrote:

> Dave Feustel <feustel at netcom.com> on talk.politics.crypto mentioned that
> on Saturday morning CSPAN was broadcasting congressional hearings on
> "currency creation, during which smartcards, Ecash, encryption, privacy and
> government regulation of all of the above were discussed."  There's supposed
> to be at least one rebroadcast.
> 
> A brief review of the highlights would be very interesting.
> 
> Wink
> 
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