From: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 08:58:30 -0700 (PDT)
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: IE Frees Crypto
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John Young wrote:
> 
> Source: http://go2.guardian.co.uk/paper.html
> 
> The Guardian Online, Microfile, July 2, 1998
>
> access to encrypted messages. Ireland places no
> restrictions on the use, import or export of encryption
> products. Individuals can choose to offer a plain text
> version of the encrypted document or hand over a key,
> if a search warrant is proffered. The document was

I have a language problem. Does this mean that the authority
depends on the honesty of the individual who hands over
a plain text saying that it corresponds to the ciphertext
or else how is the intent of the authority to obtain the
true plain text to be achieved?

M. K. Shen