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is RESOLVED soon, criminal conversations
: *   over the telephone and other communications devices will become
: *   indecipherable by law enforcement. This, as much as any issue,
: *   jeopardizes the public safety and national security of this country."

Louis Freeh, banging the Drums of War.


It's official:

*   http://epic.org/crypto/ban/fbi_dox/impact_text.gif
*   
*   SECRET FBI report
*   
*                   NEED FOR A NATIONAL POLICY
*   
*   A national policy embodied in legislation is needed which insures
*   that cryptography use in the United States should be forced to be
*   crackable by law enforcement, so such communications can be monitored
*   with real-time decryption.
*    
*   All cryptography that cannot meet this standard should be prohibited.



The U.S. asked the OECD to agree to internationally required Key Recovery.

*   What Is The OECD
*
*   The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, based in
*   Paris, France, is a unique forum permitting governments of the
*   industrialized democracies to study and formulate the best policies
*   possible in all economic and social spheres.

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: Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 12:58:46 -0400
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: Subject: Re: Encryption Outside US
: 
: 
: I was part of that OECD Expert Group, and believe I may shine at least
: some light on what exactly was said and happened at the meetings.
: 
: The main conf