1996-07-31 - Re: Freeh Testimony 7/25/96

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From: Carl Ellison <cme@ACM.ORG>
To: Dave Banisar <banisar@epic.org>
Message Hash: e1f51d439e52398dbf5cb89c81abba7763303c516984ee406663ef0eb138b064
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Reply To: <199607262009.NAA00790@comsec.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-07-31 02:55:32 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 10:55:32 +0800

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From: Carl Ellison <cme@ACM.ORG>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 10:55:32 +0800
To: Dave Banisar <banisar@epic.org>
Subject: Re: Freeh Testimony 7/25/96
In-Reply-To: <199607262009.NAA00790@comsec.com>
Message-ID: <v03007608ae24596b3a0f@[168.143.8.144]>
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I wish someone had asked Freeh directly whether he granted, in saying:

>First and foremost, the law enforcement community fully supports a
>balanced encryption policy that satisfies both the commercial needs of
>industry and law abiding individuals for robust encryption products [...]

that law abiding industry and individuals have a legitimate need to keep
information private from the US government -- and especially the FBI.



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