[FYI] (Fwd) FBI gets cash to spend on anti-encryption research

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

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Date sent:      	Sat, 28 Jul 2001 15:37:43 -0400
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To:             	cryptography@wasabisystems.com
Subject:        	FBI gets cash to spend on anti-encryption research


Anyone want to speculate on what the quote in the first bullet
point means?

You can find a smidgen more info here (search for encryption),
which is the report I was quoting from:
  ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/thomas/cp107/sr042.txt

-Declan


http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,45632,00.html

    According to the report accompanying a spending bill that's
    awaiting a floor vote in the Senate:

      * The FBI will receive an extra $7 million for technology to
      thwart
        encryption. The appropriations committee intends for it to be
        spent on: "(1) analysis/exploitation of systems to allow
        access to data pre-encryption, (2) recognition/decryption of
        data hidden in plain sight, and (3) decryption of encrypted
        data."
      * Another $7 million goes to a plan to improve "intercept
        capabilities." The fed-speak for this is "developing broadband
        capabilities, and procuring prototypes capable of intercepting
        transmissions outside of the FBI's technical reach."
        Translation: Create better ways to eavesdrop on cable modems
        and DSL connections.
      * Antitrust enforcement gets a boost. The division, best known
        recently for its dogged pursuit of Microsoft, receives $3.6
        million extra, but $10 million less than the Bush
        administration requested. The committee predicts a slew of
        mergers because of "the collapse of high technology stocks,
        and the resultant downward pressure on all stock prices."
      * Las Vegas, St. Louis, Charleston and Kansas City will split $6
        million earmarked for gun surveillance technology. The plan is
        to spend it on acoustic sensors scattered around downtown
        areas so the location of a gunshot can be triangulated and
        located.



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