From: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 10:29:36 +0800
To: Asgaard <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: US dissident in Sweden
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At 2:06 AM +0200 9/16/97, Asgaard wrote:
>The Dagens Nyheter reported yesterday that a US citizen,
>Mr Ritt Goldstein, is in Sweden asking for political asylum.
...
>
>The latest crypto policy news here says that Sweden will not
>go along will mandatory GAK.  ...

I wouldn't count on Sweden as a haven for strong crypto or,
in particular, untraceable anonymity. Also, the Swedish national
police have quite a few skeletons in their closet with respect
to personal integrity (look for references to IB, the
"Information Bureau" or read the entire series of Sjovall/Wahloo
"Martin Beck" novels.)

Martin Minow
minow@apple.com