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In article <1992Dec17.002347.19216@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
>In any case, the goverment may choose not to prosecute model makers
>but that's no assurance they won't prosecute crypto issues,
>particularly given their concern about those issues and the much
>greater damage secure cryptography can do to intelligence collection,
>compared to the damage from airplane models.

  I don't doubt that a secure cryptography system will damage intelligence 
collection (at least here in the US), but who is the Goverment exactly serving
by restricting the import/export/use of cryptography systems?  The citizens of
the US, or itself?

  It seems to me that the US Goverment wants to have its cake (having a secure
cryptography system for its use) and eat it too (by having everyone else use
a weaker system (including its citizens) so that it can gather "Intelligence"
to protect itself (or is it to protect the citizens? 8-)
>
>David

  -spc (for the list makers at the [FBI | NSA | CIA], my name is spelled
	S-E-A-N C-O-N ... )