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This is a forwarded message
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To: politech@politechbot.com
Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2001, 5:26:24 AM
Subject: FC: Majority of Americans want anti-encryption laws, poll
says

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The following excerpts come from Monday's Hotline, a
daily political newsletter read by just about everyone
in DC. This message should be read in a non-proportio-
nal typeface like Courier. If your mail reader can't
do that, go to the politechbot.com archives and read
it there.

Unfortunately for the clarity of debate here, the
ban-crypto-without-backdoors question is poorly wor-
ded ("Should Encryption Laws Be Reduced To Aid CIA/
FBI Surveillance?"), but then again I suspect most
people figured it out. This poll is noteworthy not
only for what it found, but that the pollsters in-
cluded the crypto question in the first place. It
shows that, all of a sudden, this has become a se-
rious debate in Washington.

Also note that 72 percent of those surveyed said an-
ti-encryption laws would be "somewhat" or "very"
helpful in preventing similar terrorist attacks.

- -Declan

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Conducted 9/13-14/01 by Princeton Survey Research
Associates; surveyed  1,001 adults aged 18 and over;
margin of error +/- 3% (release, 9/15).

Favor Or Oppose The Following?
                                           Favor Oppose
Attack suspected terrorists like bin
Laden even if we're not sure they're
responsible for last week's attack          54%   40%
Attack terrorist bases and countries
that support them even if there is a
high likelihood for civilian casualties     71     21


Fav/Unfav Ratings ----Fav---- ---Unfav---
                   Very Mostly Mostly Very
Military         58%   36%      2%  2%
FBI                37     48       9   3
CIA                28    44       9   6


How Confident That National And Local Law Enforcement
Can Stop Terrorist Plots In The U.S.
Very Somewhat Not Too Confident Not At All
  32%      42%            17%        7%


How Much Would The Following Prevent Similar Terrorist
Attacks?
                       Very Somewhat Not Too Much Not At All
Reduce encryption to
aid CIA/FBI             35       37          12         9


Should Encryption Laws Be Reduced To Aid CIA/FBI
Surveillance?
    Yes No
    54% 39%


U.S. Put Arabs and Arab-Americans Under Special
Surveillance?
    Agree Disagree
    32%   62%

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http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/bizletters16.htm
Headline inflammatory
2001-09-17 05:45:23

I hope, in light of this terrible tragedy, that Dan Gillmor
will cease his whining about personal privacy and recognize
that our national security and the safety of our citizens
override his concern about privacy, ``We have been tested
before and survived: Don't let criminals shut down our free-
doms'' (Aug. 12). The government absolutely must have the
ability to monitor all encrypted messages, and anyone sen-
ding or receiving encrypted messages on our soil that cannot
be decoded by the appropriate federal agency must be subject
to arrest and seizure of the encryption equipment. We are at
war, and we all, including Gillmor, need to recognize that.
Al Colby Corralitos

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Auf die Frage, ob er Bin Laden tot sehen wolle, sagte Bush: "Ich
will Gerechtigkeit. Und es gibt ein altes Plakat im Westen, auf
dem steht: 'Tot oder lebendig'".
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