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House committee ditches SAFE for law enforcement version
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Thu Jul 22 11:00:24 1999
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:31:06 -0400
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
The text of the amendment (in PDF):
http://www.house.gov/hasc/press.htm
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20872.html
Industry Crypto Bill in Peril
by Declan McCullagh
5:00 p.m. 21.Jul.99.PDT
WASHINGTON -- And you thought
Congress was going to override White
House rules restricting US firms from
exporting encryption products. Well, you
were wrong.
The House Armed Services Committee
voted 47-6 Wednesday to replace an
industry-endorsed encryption bill with
substitute legislation drafted by law
enforcement advocates.
[...]
