[FYI] (Fwd) If we had key escrow, Scarfo wouldn't be a problem

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Tue, 14 Aug 2001 18:03:29 -0400
To:             	cryptography@wasabisystems.com
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	If we had key escrow, Scarfo wouldn't be a problem

The Washington Post finally catches on to the fact that the Scarfo
case exists, a few weeks after everyone else wrote about the hearing
in Newark. The front-page story today by Jonathan Krim contains this
memorable passage:

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55606-2001Aug9.html
"Encryption is virtually unbreakable by police today, with programs
that can be bought for $15," said Stewart Baker, former general
counsel of the National Security Agency and now partner at the
Washington law firm Steptoe & Johnson. Although agreeing that
surveillance should be done under strict guidelines, Baker said that
"to a degree, the privacy groups got us into this by arguing that
there should be no limits on encryption, and the police have to deal
with it."

-Declan




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