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Re: Justice Dept asks Court of Appeals to reconsider ruling in Bernstein case

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Tue Jun 22 11:21:08 1999

To: Declan McCullagh <declan@wired.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 23:15:37 -0400
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>

In message <19990622025634.RSGF2409@alaptop.hotwired.com>, Declan McCullagh wri
tes:
> I have a more detailed report on Wired News:
> 
>   http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20333.html
> 
> My favorite part of the brief (I quote it):
> 
> >
> > Another argument: That this type of 
> > regulation is an executive-branch policy 
> > decision involving "extraordinarily 
> > sensitive" info that's too secret to 
> > disclose publicly.

Gee -- did they happen to mention that the CRISIS report concluded that
the question could be discussed without reference to classified info?




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