From: David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:48:12 +0800
To: jim bell <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Markoff on Clipper III
In-Reply-To: <199607142258.PAA19029@mail.pacifier.com>
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At 4:57 PM -0700 7/14/96, jim bell wrote:
>At 02:33 PM 7/14/96 -0400, Duncan Frissell wrote:
>>On the Friday "Clipper III" rehash by the Admin:
>>
>>Balancing Privacy and Official Eavesdropping
>>
>>          By JOHN MARKOFF
>>
>>          "The president and vice president took an oath to protect our
>>national security," Simon said. "They feel they have to err on the side of
>>protecting national security."
>>
>>          The government also said that it did not see an immediate
>>technical solution to the problems that would result from the global
>>proliferation of "strong cryptography."
>>
>>**************
>>
>>Last time I looked, the oath they took was to protect the Constitution --
>>not the nation or national security.

Did you miss the part in the Constitution about "provide for the common
defence" and about the President's associated responsibility to "take care
that the laws be faithfully executed"?

And what oath do you suppose binds him because "The President shall be
commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States"?

David



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