From: Aaron Weissman <aweissman@mocc.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 06:34:07 +0800
To: "'Tim May'" <fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu>
Subject: RE: Why the White amendment is a good idea (fwd)
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On Thursday, September 25, 1997 11:34 AM, Tim May [SMTP:tcmay@got.net] 
wrote:
> The NETCenter is largely duplicative, though will be much less effective,
> than the NSA. I strongly urge Aaron and others to review the history and
> capabilities (and limitations) of the NSA.

Sure, it is duplicative.  However, for this thing to become law, I envision 
a rather dramatic shift in the organization of our intelligence 
institutions.  Or at least a change in some of the building names at Ft. 
Meade :)

> (The NSA sometimes assists with law enforcement. But often it does not. I
> grant that a purely civilian codebreaking facility might once have been
> needed. But for reasons I'll get to below, it's much too late to start 
now!
> And much too expensive.)

There is an exective order or presidential decision directive (pdd) from 
the mid-80's that formalizes a "relationship" between the NSA and FBI for 
law enforcement decryption.  However, I never was able to get my hands on 
it ...

Aaron