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Re: pro-crypto govt. people [find]
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regarding ranking military personnel and/or prosecuters who
were in favour of encryption and anti-GAK, the key issue is
former -while in rank or in the DOJ they follow the party
line --and they _know_ what the abuses are. I know more than
a few, but they a) wont talk about it, b) are ex-spooks (if
there is such a thing), and c) item 'b' makes them not good
testimonials anyway.
just get a list of generals retiring in the last 5 years from
the Congressional record since there is a rank pension retirement
requirement --survey. likewise, Bill Clinton fired every single
on of the U.S. prosecuting attorneys when he took office in 1993;
same thing: survey 'em. some career DOJ types who were pretty
pissed and not likely to view anything Bubba and F{ree,uck} are
pushing with approval.
bet you come up with some positive answers. if nothing else you
might get some quotes; and some the retired generals were pretty
crusty. check the man who retired as head of the army 160th
deep black spec ops group --swore in public, his troops never
wore regulation, beards, etc. and I think General George S.
Patton IV retired a couple years ago with at least 2, maybe
3 stars.
they're out there; get a grunt to get on with the research.
on or about 971016:1200
Stanton McCandlish <mech@eff.org> was purported to have
expostulated to perpetuate an opinion:
#This year I recall seeing 1 former prosecutor saying that widespread
#encryption was good and/or that GAK was bad, and 1 military or former military
#person of fairly high status saying that GAK was bad. Circa 1994-5 I also
#recall a military or retired miltiary person of rank reporting that very
#widespread crypto would be a boost to national security. We could really use
#these people's, and similar people's, words in pro-crypto efforts.
#Unfortunately, disk problems a while back cost me most of my old mail,
#including all of these saved items. If anyone has them and/or knows who these
#people are, please let me know.
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