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Re: Sen. John McCain
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Geer)
Tue Jun 29 12:48:12 1999
To: Rick Smith <rick_smith@securecomputing.com>
Cc: "Rodger, William" <wrodger@usatoday.com>, Vin McLellan <vin@shore.net>,
Law & Policy of Computer Communications <CYBERIA-L@listserv.aol.com>,
cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:31:01 EDT."
<3.0.3.32.19990628143101.00965e20@mailhost.sctc.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 23:20:34 -0400
From: Dan Geer <geer@world.std.com>
McCain replied by stating his problem this way: he's sitting across
the table from the Secretary of Defense, the CJCS, and the other
leaders of the national security community, and they tell him
encryption exports will harm national security. What can he say in
response?
Ask, as you say in reverse, whether they have any
idea how to actually get domestic use restrictions
without becoming the enemy of every persuasion.
Point out that without domestic use restrictions,
the current debate is just so much hogwash.
--dan
