From: Voters Telecommunications Watch <shabbir@vtw.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 21:44:54 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: ALERT: Crypto hearings in D.C. 6/26/96, submit your comments through WWW!
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           SECOND SET OF CRYPTO HEARINGS (S.1726) SET FOR 6/26/96 IN
        WASHINGTON D.C.  IF YOU CAN'T BE THERE, YOU CAN STILL HAVE YOUR
              COMMENTS ENTERED INTO THE RECORD AT WWW.CRYPTO.COM

                              Date: June 21, 1996

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        Security And Freedom through Encryption forum: July 1, 1996
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NEWS

The sponsors of the Pro-CODE bill (S.1726) will hold the second of
two hearings on the encryption issue in Washington D.C. this coming
Wednesday, June 26.  Witnesses scheduled to testify at the hearing, which
will focus on the Burns/Leahy Pro-CODE bill (S. 1726) include:

* Phil Zimmermann, Inventor of PGP
* Whit Diffie, Father of Public-Key Cryptography
* Jerry Berman, Executive Director, Center for Democracy and Technology
* Matt Blaze, Cryptographer
* Phil Karn, Cryptographer
* Barbara Simons, Chair of US Public Policy Committee, ACM
* Marc Rotenberg, Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
* AND YOU!! (See below for details)

The hearing will focus on the need to reform US encryption policies,
proposals to relax export controls on encryption, and the privacy issues
raised by the current policy.

Senator Burns (R-MT), Senator Leahy (D-VT) and the other sponsors of the
Pro-CODE bill want to hear from the Net.community about why encryption is
important to privacy and security on the Internet.

If you're like most of American, you cannot take a day off just to attend
the hearings to make your voice heard.  Luckily, you can use the
handy World Wide Web form to express your opinion and have it entered
into the record.

Please be sure to visit http://www.crypto.com/ and add your voice to the
debate over encryption policy on Capitol Hill.  Responses will be tabulated
and the results, along with selected statements, will be included in the
Congressional Record by Senator Conrad Burns.  The results will also be
featured during the Security and Freedom through Encryption Forum (SAFE) on
July 1 (details on that event are attached below).  If you find the WWW
form too constraining, or you do not have access to the World Wide Web,
send your testimony to Shabbir J. Safdar (shabbir@panix.com) who will
make sure it gets into the record.

To add your voice to the crypto debate in Congress, visit:

   http://www.crypto.com/

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ATTEND THE SAFE FORUM - JULY 1, 1996 STANFORD CALIFORNIA

On July 1, 1996, in the heart of California's Silicon Valley at Stanford
University, members of Congress, prominent computer industry leaders and
privacy advocates will meet to discuss the need to reform U.S. encryption
policy.

The event is FREE and open to the public, but space is limited and is going
fast.  To find out more, and to reserve your free ticket, visit the SAFE
Forum Web Page at:

  http://www.crypto.com/safe

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Among other prominent industry leaders, cryptographers, privacy advocates
and members of Congress, confirmed speakers include"

Industry Leaders and Cryptographers        Members of Congress

* Marc Andreeson, Netscape                 * Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
* Jim Bidzos, RSA                          * Rep. Tom Campbell (R-CA)
* Eric Schmidt, Sun Microsystems           * Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
* Brad Silverberg, Microsoft               * Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
* Phil Zimmermann, PGP Inc                   * Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
* Matt Blaze, AT&T                         * Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD)
* Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Systems

Privacy Advocates and Legal Experts:

* Michael Froomkin, U. of Miami Law School
* Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy and Technology
* Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (invited)
* Ken Dam, U. of Chicago Law School (invited)

This event will be "cybercast", with full audio and still video clips,
live online with the help of MediaCast.  Details on the cybercast are
available at http://www.crypto.com/safe/

SAFE FORUM SPONSORS

This important discussion on the need for an alterative policy to protect
privacy and security and promote commerce on the Global Information
Infrastructure is being made possible by the generous support of the
following companies and public interest organizations:

America Online
Americans for Tax Reform
AT&T
Business Software Alliance
Center for Democracy and Technology
Center for National Security Studies
Commercial Internet eXchange
CompuServe Incorporated
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Cylink Corporation
EDS
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Messaging Association
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Information Technology Association of America
IEEE - USA
MediaCast
Media Institute
Microsoft Corporation
Netcom Online Communication Services
Netscape Communications Corporation
Novell, Inc.
Oracle Corporation
Pacific Telesis
PGP Inc.
Prodigy, Inc.
Progress and Freedom Foundation
Securities Industry Association
Software Publishers Association
Sybase, Inc.
Voters Telecommunications Watch
Wired Magazine

Please visit the SAFE Forum Home Page for more information
(http://www.crypto.com/safe/)

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