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Re: Crypto Export Legislation?
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jya> From: John Young <[email protected]> Subject: Crypto Export
jya> Legislation?
jya> The excerpt below is from the Wash Post article today. Does
jya> anyone know the status of the Leahy/Goodlatte bills?
jya> Industry also is fanning Congress's interest in taking a
jya> bigger role in the encryption debate. "Without congressional
jya> interest, the administration has no reason to liberalize
jya> exports at all," said Becca Gould, director of policy at the
jya> Business Software Alliance. "This issue is in Congress's
jya> front yard because it affects the economy" as well as
jya> U.S. citizens' privacy rights.
jya> Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte
jya> (R-Va.) agree. They plan to introduce bills in the Senate and
jya> House aimed at loosening the restrictions on encryption. "The
jya> federal government is taking an attitude that's based more in
jya> the 1970s than in present time," said Leahy in a telephone
jya> interview.
I haven't seen Goodlatte's legislation, but I can safely say he
doesn't have our privacy rights at heart. Bob Goodlatte (my local
representative) was the CC toadie partially responsible for putting
"indecent" back in the CDA. I don't trust him any further than I can
spit on him.
I'll keep an eye on this. I'm very suspicious of his intentions.
- --mark
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