1997-03-28 - Re: OECD: No GAK

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From: “William H. Geiger III” <whgiii@amaranth.com>
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Message Hash: 0129ef7646a6fbeba3db7ae24b36588840c1c7891d8c8ccea7ce33afc9b57b46
Message ID: <199703272150.VAA18676@mailhub.amaranth.com>
Reply To: <1.5.4.32.19970327120223.006d3e30@pop.pipeline.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-03-28 03:40:44 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 19:40:44 -0800 (PST)

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From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 19:40:44 -0800 (PST)
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: OECD: No GAK
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970327120223.006d3e30@pop.pipeline.com>
Message-ID: <199703272150.VAA18676@mailhub.amaranth.com>
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In <1.5.4.32.19970327120223.006d3e30@pop.pipeline.com>, on 03/27/97 at
07:02 AM,
   John Young <jya@pipeline.com> said:


> That seeming contradiction, however, did not prevent the
>   Clinton Administration in recent months from waging a
>   vigorous behind-the-scenes effort for its proposal. And
>   hoping to resolve some of the policy conflicts, the
>   Administration is now circulating draft legislation on
>   Capitol Hill which would attempt to control even the
>   domestic use of data-scrambling software and establish a
>   key-escrow system for the United States.


Is this in reference to the various GAK initiatives by the administration
or are they finally pushing for forced restrictions on domestic crypto? Has
anyone seen these drafts?

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