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[FYI] (Fwd) House committee ditches SAFE for law enforcement ver
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- From: Horns@t-online.de (Axel H. Horns)
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 17:59:45 +0100
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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:31:06 -0400
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject: House committee ditches SAFE for law enforcement version
The text of the amendment (in PDF):
http://www.house.gov/hasc/press.htm
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20872.html
Industry Crypto Bill in Peril
by Declan McCullagh
5:00 p.m. 21.Jul.99.PDT
WASHINGTON -- And you thought
Congress was going to override White
House rules restricting US firms from
exporting encryption products. Well, you
were wrong.
The House Armed Services Committee
voted 47-6 Wednesday to replace an
industry-endorsed encryption bill with
substitute legislation drafted by law
enforcement advocates.
[...]