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Re: US law makes it a crime to disclose crypto-secrets
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Mon Dec 13 16:39:14 1999
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: "Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com>
Cc: "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" <dee3@torque.pothole.com>, cryptography@c2.net,
cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:34:23 -0500
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In message <v04210103b47ad12a6b21@[24.218.56.92]>, "Arnold G. Reinhold" writes:
> Has anyone ever done a history of the security classification system?
I don't know of a comprehensive history. But Moynihan's book "Secrecy" gives
a moderate amount of background, plus a lot of examples of why there's far too
much secrecy in government.
--Steve Bellovin
