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If we had key escrow, Scarfo wouldn't be a problem

------- Forwarded message follows ------- 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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