Senator Goodlatte's warning (from IEEE Software article, Nov, 1996)
Ernest Hua
hua at chromatic.com
Sun Nov 3 23:08:51 PST 1996
>From IEEE Software, Nov, 1996, page 103, 2nd column:
"Key Decisions Likely On Encryption Exports" by Stephen Barlas
In fact, should he win, Clinton may go on the offensive.
Goodlatte, whose bill is the House companion (HR 3011) to the
Burns bill, said the Clinton administration told him that if the
computer industry does not agree to a key management
infrastructure, the President will seek legislation forcing
Americans to use only encryption to which the government has
access.
Of course, this intention (to outlaw all non-GAK/KRAP) has been the
desires of FBI/CIA/NSA all along, so no big surprise. I just would
hate to see Congressional leaders cave in because of the "threat" of
the administration's bozos attempting to introduce more restrictive
legislation. The old "if we want 5, we demand 10, and we'll get 5 in
the compromise" plan is really screwy and dishonest.
Ern
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