CDT Policy Post 2.27 - No New News on Crypto:

[jim bell]

At 06:23 PM 7/12/96 -0400, Bob Palacios wrote:
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>   The Center for Democracy and Technology  /____/     Volume 2, Number 27
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>      A briefing on public policy issues affecting civil liberties online
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> CDT POLICY POST Volume 2, Number 27                        July 12, 1996
>(1) NO NEW NEWS ON ENCRYPTION - VP GORE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR KEY ESCROW
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>Despite the growing pressure from Congress, privacy advocates, the computer
>industry, and the public for the reform of US encryption policy, the
>Administration continues to embrace its Clipper III key-escrow encryption
>proposal.  

Bob, I think I'd feel a lot better about CDT if you'd explicitly withdraw 
any support for the Leahy encryption bill.

Jim Bell
jimbell at pacifier.com