From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 16:36:07 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Most elegant wording against privacy/law-enforcement "balance"
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>> What are the most elegant rebuttals to politicians saying we
>> need Key Recovery as a "reasonable balance between the needs of
>> law enforcement vs. freedom of crypto"?

Someone, probably Jim Ray, has a nice phrase about
"Protecting the Fourth Amendment _is_ one of the legitimate needs
of law enforcement."  It's not an in-depth critique, but it's enough to
get a rant off to a good start, where you're on the moral high ground,
rather than the "Even the FBI's friends like Dorothy haven't found
a legitimate need for increasing wiretaps", which is a useful place
to go as long as you're already ahead.
				Thanks! 
					Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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