[86654] in Cypherpunks
Re: US dissident in Sweden
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Minow)
Mon Sep 15 22:58:36 1997
In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.91.970916010005.26629A-100000@cor.sos.sll.se>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:51:46 -0700
To: Asgaard <asgaard@cor.sos.sll.se>, cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
Reply-To: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
At 2:06 AM +0200 9/16/97, Asgaard wrote:
>The Dagens Nyheter reported yesterday that a US citizen,
>Mr Ritt Goldstein, is in Sweden asking for political asylum.
...
>
>The latest crypto policy news here says that Sweden will not
>go along will mandatory GAK. ...
I wouldn't count on Sweden as a haven for strong crypto or,
in particular, untraceable anonymity. Also, the Swedish national
police have quite a few skeletons in their closet with respect
to personal integrity (look for references to IB, the
"Information Bureau" or read the entire series of Sjovall/Wahloo
"Martin Beck" novels.)
Martin Minow
minow@apple.com
