1994-02-07 - Re: DOJ procedures relating to Clipper Chips and key escrow

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From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>
To: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
Message Hash: ccc12d11879ee92be0c4e68230c185dca650402c8808fd0402ad8d2417145f30
Message ID: <199402072040.PAA05318@eff.org>
Reply To: <9402072025.AA23949@ah.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-02-07 20:41:44 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 12:41:44 PST

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From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 12:41:44 PST
To: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
Subject: Re: DOJ procedures relating to Clipper Chips and key escrow
In-Reply-To: <9402072025.AA23949@ah.com>
Message-ID: <199402072040.PAA05318@eff.org>
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Eric writes:

> This reminds me a lot of the language used when describing the changes
> in FOIA policy, which was something like "The agencies are supposed to
> be good, but if they're not, this change doesn't change your ability
> to do anything about it."
> 
> Is this a Clinton administration policy to make such feel-good,
> govern-bad pronouncements?

If anything, the Clinton announcements are far more generous than those of
Reagan and Bush.


--Mike







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