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Re: Dorothy and the four Horseman
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Karn)
Fri Mar 21 13:13:53 1997
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 21:37:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Phil Karn <karn@laptop.ka9q.ampr.org>
To: reinhold@world.std.com
CC: cryptography@c2.net
Reply-To: karn@qualcomm.com
In-reply-to: <v03007800af5502795e0c@[10.0.2.15]> (reinhold@world.std.com)
>I've always wondered why some law enforcement organization (or newspaper,
>for that matter) doesn't publish a PGP public key for use by people who
>want to submit tips on criminal activities without fear of interception.
Me too. On a panel session at CFP a few years ago, I publicly invited
Ron Lee of the NSA to give me a PGP key that I could sign. This would
enable the use of truly voluntary key escrow for anyone who wanted to
participate -- all they'd have to do is include NSA's key on the
crypto recipient list. Ron declined.
More seriously, shortly after TWA flight 800 went down, I sent email
to James Kallstrom suggesting that he publish a PGP key in case
someone wanted to make a confidential tip to the FBI. Since we had
already met in person, I offered to sign the key. He responded with a
nice, polite note, declining the offer.
Phil
