NODE 4b82eb22Did Ames Disclose Clipper to Russians?
Dave Banisar <banisar@washofc.cpsr.org>Thu, 17 Mar 94 17:45:49 PST
Interesting yes?
In article <2m7tpf$84@delphinium.cig.mot.com> Walter F. Lundby,
lundby@rtsg.mot.com writes:
> Hot off the presses:
>
> 3-14-94 Network World
> Page 2, fourth article under "Briefs"
>
> Clipper compromisde? "Security Insider Report," a monthly
> newsletter published in Seminole, Fla., has reported that
> government officals are seeking to determine whether former
> CIA employee and alleged traitor Aldrich Ames may have sold
> informantion to the Russians about the government's secret
> key-escrow technology userd in Clipper Chip chipsets and
> Capstone Tessera cards. The secret key-escrow technology,
> dubbed Skipjack, can be used to encrypt voice and data.
NODE fc7ef25dRe: Did Ames Disclose Clipper to Russians?
Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>Thu, 17 Mar 94 18:17:36 PST
Dave Banisar writes:
> Interesting yes?
>
>
> In article <2m7tpf$84@delphinium.cig.mot.com> Walter F. Lundby,
> lundby@rtsg.mot.com writes:
> > Hot off the presses:
> >
> > 3-14-94 Network World
> > Page 2, fourth article under "Briefs"
> >
> > Clipper compromisde? "Security Insider Report," a monthly
> > newsletter published in Seminole, Fla., has reported that
> > government officals are seeking to determine whether former
> > CIA employee and alleged traitor Aldrich Ames may have sold
> > informantion to the Russians about the government's secret
> > key-escrow technology userd in Clipper Chip chipsets and
> > Capstone Tessera cards. The secret key-escrow technology,
> > dubbed Skipjack, can be used to encrypt voice and data.
Too good to be true!
--Mike