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open letter to misc.kids.moderated readers
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safety and national security'. : * "Above the Law" : * ISBN 0-684-80699-1, 1996 : * by David Burnham : * : * The suspicion that the government might one day try to outlaw any : * encryption device which did not provide easy government access was : * reinforced by comments made by FBI Director Freeh at a 1994 Washington : * conference on cryptography. "The objective for us is to get those : * conversations...wherever they are, whatever they are", he said in : * response to a question. : * : * Freeh indicated that if five years from now the FBI had solved the : * access problem but was only hearing encrypted messages, further : * legislation might be required. : * : * The obvious solution: a federal law prohibiting the use of any : * cryptographic device that did not provide government access. : * : * Freeh's hints that the government might have to outlaw certain kinds : * of coding devices gradually became more explicit. "The drug cartels : * are buying sophisticated communications equipment", he told Congress. : * "Unless the encryption issue is RESOLVED soon, criminal conversations : * over the telephone and other communicat -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 1.3.5 Epkp0D7kQ5PrA6JKjQaDtuwR5MSpghfXLwwpehM0gyDCL+jCCg 0lbJIgUSS1anbY UFDsXbgmert/3MjUqJGqinXMrQOG6sVYTL3o8ir9FoxQnZaVh+W6iT1PTUFldp Qo FuEhuJkiRmrfHIhsx691YiG56t7f9Na4Fv13bnWqnjfEF7rYzb ozhhKkfcYcX0Kz 8xNAdg5ety3ednx/z/PoisndGuqNV1DOgX== =ygPq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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