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1 total messages Started by francois.grieu Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:38

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Author: francois.grieu
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:38

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:            for Trusted Information Systems, says Kerrey was
:            misunderstood. "In the briefing afterwards, I found
:            out he didn't mean that at all. He meant import
:            controls, but more regulation than restriction. The
:            same way they wouldn't let a car with faulty
:            steering controls in the country. He meant more
:            quality control," Franklin says. (I don't know
:            about you, but I'm not convinced.) 
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    What a bunch of hooey.
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:                 Kerrey's sudden interest in cryptologic arcana
:            likely stems from a recent addition to his staff:
:            policy aide Chris McLean. 
: 
:                 McLean is hardly a friend of the Net. While in
:            former Sen. Jim Exon's (D-Neb.) office, McLean
:            drafted the notorious Communications Decency
:            Act and went on to prompt Exon to derail
:            "Pro-CODE" pro-encryption legislation last fall.
:            Then, not long after McLean moved to his current
:            job, his new boss stood up on the Senate floor
:            and bashed Pro-CODE in favor of the White
:            House party line: "The President has put forward
:            a plan which in good faith attempts to balance
:            our nation's interests in commerce, security

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