NODE baf87cefRE:NRC Panel, Law Enforcement questions
liberty@gate.net (Jim Ray)Tue, 1 Aug 95 20:27:06 PDT
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Nice questions, John. To bring executive-branch accountability to a level
more closely approaching absolute zero, the FBI might want a FOIA backlog
of +8 years instead of "only" 5, but from what little I know of FOIA; its
exceptions, combined with a hostile judiciary (led by Justice Scalia) are
swallowing most of it anyway, as embarrassment _obviously_ hurts vital U.S.
National Security Interests...[Note: IANAL, and I *am* a bit sarcastic!]
I wonder, and perhaps my kind friend Hadmut can help me here, if there is
an English translation of any and all Nazi-era German laws/regs regarding
cryptography. As I [dimly] recall, Enigma was born as a private enterprise
and the patent was only later taken over by government and classified after
it was offered for sale to businesses (without much luck). These laws, if
they exist, might make for interesting reading in side-by-side comparison
with either Sen. Grassley's latest proposals, or with anything regarding
cryptography coming from our paranoid FBI director.
JMR
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Regards, Jim Ray
"The people will again respect the law when the law again respects
the will of the people." Jim Ray, Campaign '92
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NODE e9d2451eRe: NRC Panel, Law Enforcement questions
adwestro@ouray.cudenver.edu (Alan Westrope)Tue, 1 Aug 95 21:13:39 PDT
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On Tue, 01 Aug 1995, liberty@gate.net (Jim Ray) wrote:
> I wonder, and perhaps my kind friend Hadmut can help me here, if there is
> an English translation of any and all Nazi-era German laws/regs regarding
> cryptography.
I'm not Hadmut, don't play him on TV, and am not known for being kind,
but I recently learned that, "In 1940, Nazi Germany ordered all books
on cryptology withdrawn from circulation." -- from historian David
Kahn's statement before the House Government Information and Individual
Rights Subcommittee, March 20, 1980.
Alan Westrope <awestrop@nyx10.cs.du.edu>
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