> I'm not sure what the NSA policy is on this. However, at that > same conference Jim Settle from the FBI told us plainly that > he is allowed to lie, and that the courts have confirmed this > right. I doubt Baker would have confessed to a back door even > if one existed and the question was complete. Exactly right. The FBI may lie to you, but you may not lie to them (see 18 USC 1001). --Mike