Majority of Americans want anti-encryption laws, poll says

[Bill Stewart]

Apparently one of Tim's neighbors is on the Other Side....

At 11:42 PM 09/17/2001 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
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>I hope, in light of this terrible tragedy, that Dan Gillmor will cease his
>whining about personal privacy and recognize that our national security and
>the safety of our citizens override his concern about privacy, ``We have
>been tested before and survived: Don't let criminals shut down our
>freedoms'' (Aug. 12). The government absolutely must have the ability to
>monitor all encrypted messages, and anyone sending or receiving encrypted
>messages on our soil that cannot be decoded by the appropriate federal
>agency must be subject to arrest and seizure of the encryption equipment.
>We are at war, and we all, including Gillmor, need to recognize that.
>Al Colby
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