Latest amendment to SAFE crypto bill

[Declan McCullagh]

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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 06:19:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
To: "--Todd Lappin-->" <telstar at wired.com>
Cc: Lizard <lizard at dnai.com>, "Brock N. Meeks" <brock at well.com>,
    tbetz at pobox.com, fight-censorship at vorlon.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Square One, (Was: Useless Crypto Legislation)

Things are heating up even more. At this morning's National Security
committee markup in the House, SAFE will be hit by an amendment sponsored
by Weldon and Dellums. It doesn't focus on key recovery; rather it likely
will delay the effective date of the act. "We need the time for our
defense and intelligence agencies to prepare," says one source who drafted
it.

No committee member, even the SAFE cosponsors, has said they'll oppose it.

-Declan



On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, --Todd Lappin--> wrote:

> >At 12:12 AM 9/7/97 -0700, Brock N. Meeks wrote:.
> >
> >Thanks, Declan.  I think anyone that's followed this closely isn't
> >surprised, but it's the long slow march that gets us.  These moves are
> >becoming so brazen now... it's incredible.
> 
> Indeed.  Brock's crypto work has been consistently kick ass.  He's schooled
> a lot of us in what this struggle is all about.
> 
> I too have been brushing up on my history of the Crypto Wars, and our
> current dilemma is giving me a nasty feeling of deja vu.