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Re: Clipper "Above the Fold"
> From: Duncan Frissell <[email protected]>
>
> Clipper and the Admin decision to adopt same is reported in a front page
> (above the fold) article in the Saturday New York Times.
>
> Usual errors about how the "backdoor" would work and about how warrants
> would be required to get the keys.
>
> All the usual suspects. Good placement though.
>
> DCF
Unfortunately, though, it was pretty soft on Clipper. Significantly,
the piece was not written by John Markoff, who's been covering cypherpunk-
and crypto-related issues for the Times for a while now. Markoff has been
very friendly to "our side." This other guy (sorry, name escapes me)
seemed to swallow the USG's line much more uncritically. I wonder why
Markoff didn't write Saturday's piece?
I'm not subtly suggesting conspiracy theories here, though I'm certainly
open-minded about them. Mainly, I'm noting the difference between the two
guys' approaches and how strongly they affect the coverage. I did a mini-
rant about the piece on my radio show Saturday.
--Dave.