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[hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)]

>could clipper be the repeat of this story?  on the surface, it all
>looks pretty suspicious, and maybe the character of the nsa has
>changed since the 70s, but we can't dismiss the possibility that it
>really is somehow in our own best interests.  remember, they know more
>about cryptography than any other group anywhere in the world.

Clipper has a front door.  Skipjack doesn't.

Skipjack may be a fine cipher, but I sure as hell don't want Clipper.
Last I heard you couldn't get one without the other.

Eric