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Re: Markoff on Clipper III
At 02:33 PM 7/14/96 -0400, Duncan Frissell wrote:
>On the Friday "Clipper III" rehash by the Admin:
>
>Balancing Privacy and Official Eavesdropping
>
> By JOHN MARKOFF
>
> "The president and vice president took an oath to protect our
>national security," Simon said. "They feel they have to err on the side of
>protecting national security."
>
> The government also said that it did not see an immediate
>technical solution to the problems that would result from the global
>proliferation of "strong cryptography."
>
>**************
>
>Last time I looked, the oath they took was to protect the Constitution --
>not the nation or national security.
It's called "mission creep." And they didn't quite tell the truth: Their
main loyalty is to "government security" or even "job security."
>I don't see an "immediate technical solution" to strong crypto either. Or,
>indeed, a long-term solution.
Thank heavens for that!
Jim Bell
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