From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:47:24 +0800
To: shabbir@vtw.org (Shabbir J. Safdar)
Subject: Re: CDT Policy Post 2.28 - FBI Director to Testify at Senate Crypto Hearing
Message-ID: <199607220425.VAA28120@mail.pacifier.com>
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At 11:15 PM 7/21/96 -0400, Shabbir J. Safdar wrote:
>
>I would disagree with you here jim.  Perhaps you have a selective memory,
>but representatives from all the organizations attended the Clipper II
>hearings at NIST in Maryland and gave the pro-GAK folks a good drubbing.
>(with NIST's microphone too.  They're such good sports...)
>
>Person after person got up at the first of those (and subsequent ones) and
>grilled representatives from the FBI, NSA, NIST, and the White House.
>The ACLU, EPIC, EFF, CDT, and VTW were all there and pitched in.  Somehow


Okay, I should remember "never say never."  However, wasn't Clipper II about 
a year ago?  They're a little gun shy if they haven't arranged something 
since then.  I guess that's progress.


In any case, a gentle reminder:  I think you should withdraw the official 
position you originally publicized concerning the Leahy encryption bill.  
Fair enough?


Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com