SAFE vote and cutting crypto-deals, report from HouseJudiciary

[Bill Frantz]

At 9:15 PM -0700 5/14/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>...
>* The word on the streets is compromise. Hyde, chair
>  of House Judiciary, brokered a meeting in his offices
>  yesterday bringing together spooks, law enforcement,
>  Goodlatte, and staffers. He says they're "very close
>  to resolving any difficulties."
>
>  Rep. McCollum chimed in: "It's just a matter of time
>  before we work something out." Rep. Buyer said, and I
>  am not making this up: "We should be good listeners to
>  the NSA." Rep. Berman: "I hope there would be some way
>  to bridge the differences between the administration
>  and Goodlatte."

During a hall discussion at CFP, I heard that people at NSA are changing
their opinions about the use of strong crypto in the general community.
The reason is the threat of InfoWar and the need for strong crypto in
general use to secure the US information infrastructure.


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