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Did Ames Disclose Clipper to Russians?

Interesting yes?


 In article <[email protected]> Walter F. Lundby,
 [email protected] writes:
 > Hot off the presses:
 >
 > 3-14-94 Network World
 > Page 2, fourth article under "Briefs"
 >
 > Clipper compromisde?  "Security Insider Report," a monthly
 > newsletter published in Seminole, Fla., has reported that
 > government officals are seeking to determine whether former
 > CIA employee and alleged traitor Aldrich Ames may have sold
 > informantion to the Russians about the government's secret
 > key-escrow technology userd in Clipper Chip chipsets and
 > Capstone Tessera cards.   The secret key-escrow technology,
 > dubbed Skipjack, can be used to encrypt voice and data.