NODE 75775b78Re: Clinton's threat of line-item veto affect crypto bill?
geeman@best.comFri, 8 Aug 1997 15:58:59 +0800
Read my earlier post re: this. Clinton already said he'd veto SAFE.
At 10:00 AM 8/5/97 -0700, stewarts@ix.netcom.com wrote:
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>At 04:36 PM 8/4/97 -0700, Ernest Hua wrote:
>>Does anyone have any idea whether Clinton's threat of using the
>>line-item veto against portions of the big spending bill could
>>be leverage against some pro-SAFE legislators?
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>The line item veto doesn't eliminate the political games in the budget,
>it just changes the details a bit. Sure, he could threaten to
>veto their favorite pork-barrel projects for crossing him on crypto,
>just as he could threaten to veto them if they don't support
>his favorite pork. But as someone else said, he can threaten to
>veto the crypto bill itself, or (perhaps worse) threaten to veto it
>unless it's "balanced", by including controls on domestic cryptography
>in return for letting Big Business export more products.
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># Thanks; Bill
># Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com
># You can get PGP outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp
># (If this is a mailing list or news, please Cc: me on replies. Thanks.)
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NODE 2d71dfeaRe: Clinton's threat of line-item veto affect crypto bill?
frissell@panix.comFri, 8 Aug 1997 15:44:12 +0800
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At 01:34 PM 8/7/97 -0700, geeman@best.com wrote:
>Read my earlier post re: this. Clinton already said he'd veto SAFE.
Yes, "Fighting Bill" Clinton may be the one who saves us from outlawing
crypto used in the course of a crime. Then when the courts throw the export
ban out...
DCF
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