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Ashcroft on encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. A. Hettinga)
Sat Dec 23 12:53:22 2000
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From: John Noble <jnoble@DGSYS.COM>
Subject: Ashcroft on encryption
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"We're not going to outlaw photography because someone takes dirty
pictures. People use it for good things and bad things - and it's
the same with encryption."
-- Missouri Senator John Ashcroft (Rep.)
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John Noble
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