Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:10:00 -0800 (PST) | From | George Bonser <> | Subject | Re: [WAY OFFTOPIC] kerneli blowfish/twofish compromised? |
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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Alan Olsen wrote:
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> Currently the FBI is trying to get the domestic > wiretapping restrictions relaxed to the point of non-existance. Widely > available crypto would obstruct their voyeuristic fetishes, thus it's use must > be prevented, no matter how irrational the rules required.
FYI, the "roving wiretap" that was stricken from the last round of bills was added back in during a compromise committee meeting and the bill sent to the President and it was signed. No vote from anyone save the few members of the committee present at the wee-hour session. When asked why she voted for inclusion, a local legislator who was on the committee replied, "A friend of mine whose opinion I greatly respect told me that it was OK."
For folks not familliar with US lawmaking, if our two houses pass slightly different versions of a proposed law (called a bill), it is sent to a compromise committee to have the differences worked out. The bill is then sent to the President once the committee approves it. In this way, things can be "sneaked" back into legislation even if both houses have removed it. In this case, only the minimum number of members to qualify as a quarum were present at it was after midnight.
George Bonser
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