From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 02:30:02 +0800
To: frissell@panix.com>
Subject: Re: I confess [Was: Who was that Masked Cypherpunk?]
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Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 5-Jul-96 Re: I confess [Was: Who
was.. by Duncan Frissell@panix.co 
> JR offered an amendment which changed the language to refer to "so-called
> Key Escrow (actually government access to keys GAK)"  and he also explained
> that "escrow" is where you place something with a trusted third party and
> the government is neither trusted nor a third party.  He mentioned
> cypherpunks live on CSPAN.
>  
> Maybe when JR finished the Con he can post the original proposed language of
> the LPs plank and the final language as amended.


I was sitting not far from Jim when he offered the amendment; I remember
it passing overwhelmingly. However, I don't think think the word "GAK"
was in there -- just "government access to keys."

The change to the platform, including Jim's amendment, passed unanimously.

-Declan