Re: EFF Summary of May 3 1994 Clipper and Digital Telephony Hearings

> 			   The Administration continues to maintain 
> that the market would accept the Clipper standard based on the 
> assumption that it is the strongest encryption scheme, regardless of who 
> holds the keys. 

but that is just an assumption if the algorithms are not available
for study.

> NSA's Clinton Brooks expressed support for Congressional Consideration 
> of the Clipper issue.  He argued that Clipper is a sound technological 
> solution to a legitimate law enforcement and National Security dilemma, 
> and that a public debate on its merits would eventually remove the 
> misinformation and mistrust of government, and would prove Clipper to be 
> in the public interest.

and 'a public debate on its merits' is difficult when details are secret.

josh