From: Dave Emery <die@pig.die.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 11:16:40 +0800
To: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Subject: Re: Fortezza dying on the vine?
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Lucky Green wrote :

> The State department is using PGP for some overseas applications. Word 
> is that the NSA was quite unhappy to be told by State that 
> Fortezza just isn't up to par.

	That is astonishing.  Are you really really sure of your source ?
I presume this is for UNCLASS traffic and not anything in any way
sensitive ?   Of course PGP, when properly used, doesn't allow any
other agencies to monitor the coms, while Fortezza may - and this
may be a quite deliberate move by some in state to protect their cables
from being read by beaurocratic rivals...

							Dave Emery
							die@die.com

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