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Documents received under the US FOIA in relation to Ambassador
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Thu Jul 8 19:21:50 1999
In-Reply-To: <199907080600.CAA19395@marcella.ecarm.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 09:12:57 -0400
To: dcsb@ai.mit.edu, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
At 2:00 AM -0400 on 7/8/99, ecarm-news@ecarm.org wrote:
> Title: Documents received under the US FOIA in relation to Ambassador
> Resource Type: News Article
> Date: Tuesday, 06-Jul-99
> Source: cyber-rights.org
> Author: cyber-rights.org
> Keywords: GOVT DOCUMENTS ,ENCRYPTION ,GOVT POLICY ,INFLUENCES
>
> Abstract/Summary:
> A recently published Cabinet Office paper entitled Encryption and
>Law Enforcement stated
> that "there must be a greater degree of international co-operation,
>particularly in relation to
> setting agreed standards." (para 7.10) The paper further stated
>that "there has been
> remarkably little co-ordination of policy on encryption matters"
>internationally apart from the
> OECD Guidelines on Cryptography Policy.
>
> However, the Aaron Files that we are bringing to the attention of
>the public through these
> pages suggest otherwise - that UK Government encryption policy was
>closely co-ordinated
> by the US despite the denial in the Cabinet Office paper which
>concluded that the result of
> the absence of such a co-ordination "has been a degree of
>misunderstanding and suspicion
> as to the rationale behind attempts to regulate, or influence, the
>domestic use of encryption."
>
>
> Original URL: http://www.cyber-rights.org/foia/usfoia.htm
>
> Added: Wed Jul 7 20:46:20 -040 1999
> Contributed by: Keeffee
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Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
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