better assume boosts now or Simon will unusually prohibit them by way of you

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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