Strange Bedfellows

Henry C.K. Liu hliu at mindspring.com
Fri Feb 26 10:33:55 PST 1999


This issue is of critical importance and highly complex. Positions are being taken and alliances formed by strange political bedfellows that will shift as the issue revolves. It will touch on every aspects of the global economy, security, individual privacy and freedom. Some discussion may help clear the air a little.

Henry C.K. Liu

The New York Times, February 26, 1999

Lawmakers Renew Encryption Battle

By JERI CLAUSING

WASHINGTON - Backed by a new generation of House leaders,

Representatives Bob Goodlatte and Zoe Lofgren on Thursday

renewed their encryption fight with the White House by refiling

legislation to lift the Clinton Administration's export controls on the

data scrambling technology.

The bill, the Security and Freedom through Encryption Act (SAFE),

was introduced with 205 sponsors, including the Republican

Majority Leader, Dick Armey of Texas, the Democratic Whip, David

E. Bonior of Michigan, and the new chairman of a key committee

that kept the measure from moving to the floor for a vote last year.

Full article:

http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/yr/mo/cyber/articles/26encrypt.html



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