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Re: House committee ditches SAFE for law enforcement version
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Smith)
Mon Jul 26 13:19:40 1999
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 09:32:18 -0500
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@wired.com>
From: Rick Smith <rick_smith@securecomputing.com>
Cc: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <t53so6dfnhk.fsf@horowitz.ne.mediaone.net>
Declan McCullagh <declan@wired.com> writes:
>
>>> The sponsor of yesterday's amendment, Rep. Weldon, said that he wants to
>>> have a classified briefing //on the House floor// to scare members into
>>> voting his way. Look for killer amendments to SAFE to be offered during
>>> that floor vote, perhaps even ones with domestic controls.
Recent reports on the handling of classified policy information make it
clear that the information will be "leaked" to many sources, and will
quickly fall into the hands of America's adversaries. The closed debate
shuts out public discussion without protecting the information from
potential foes.
Or, as Tom Clancy pointed out, it'll be published in Aviation Week the
following month.
Rick.
smith@securecomputing.com
