Fireworks expected, missed at Senate crypto hearing

[Declan McCullagh]

On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, jim bell wrote:

> >Just more of the same, though we heard less about child pornographers and
> >more about terrorists. And Sen. Slate Gorton (R-Wash) jumped on the
> >committee staff for leaning too far *away* from national security interests
> >in their summary of the legislation.
> 
> What does that mean?  As opposed to what?  (Gorton's my Senator, and I'm 
> going to give a little feedback to his local office...)

He criticized the committee staff for not preparing a balanced summary. 
Harsh words, from a Repub.

If his comments yesterday are indicia, he won't vote for Pro-CODE. 

-Declan