[117945] in Cypherpunks
Crypto-announcement, new powers for law enforcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Thu Sep 16 11:43:23 1999
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:20:33 -0400
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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Reply-To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
why else would reno show up?
>
>http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/21786.html
>
> Clinton Relaxes Crypto Exports
> by Declan McCullagh
>
> 8:10 a.m. 16.Sep.99.PDT
> WASHINGTON -- The Clinton
> administration is expected to announce
> greater freedom for US firms to export
> privacy-protecting encryption products
> Thursday afternoon.
>
> The decision is part of what a source
> calls "three pillars" of a new White House
> policy that also includes efforts to
> protect US critical infrastructure and
> additional powers granted to federal law
> enforcement.
>
> The announcement is scheduled to take
> place at the White House at a 3 p.m. EDT
> press conference that will include
> Attorney General Janet Reno, Defense
> Secretary William Cohen, and Commerce
> Secretary William Daley.
>
> [...]
>
