From: Dave Banisar <banisar@washofc.cpsr.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 17:45:49 PST
To: Cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Did Ames Disclose Clipper to Russians?
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Interesting yes?


 In article <2m7tpf$84@delphinium.cig.mot.com> Walter F. Lundby,
 lundby@rtsg.mot.com writes:
 > Hot off the presses:
 >
 > 3-14-94 Network World
 > Page 2, fourth article under "Briefs"
 >
 > Clipper compromisde?  "Security Insider Report," a monthly
 > newsletter published in Seminole, Fla., has reported that
 > government officals are seeking to determine whether former
 > CIA employee and alleged traitor Aldrich Ames may have sold
 > informantion to the Russians about the government's secret
 > key-escrow technology userd in Clipper Chip chipsets and
 > Capstone Tessera cards.   The secret key-escrow technology,
 > dubbed Skipjack, can be used to encrypt voice and data.