Re: More on House Intelligence committee on crypto

Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> writes:

 > So I'm reading through the 43-page amendment to SAFE that
 > the House Intelligence committee approved today. It
 > includes:

 > * Ban on sale of crypto without a backdoor. Five year &
 > fine (maybe $250,000?) if violated. Prosecutions can be held
 > in closed-door courtrooms, publishers of info about case to
 > be held in contempt of court.
[snip]

Clearly the entire House Intelligence Committee should be
"suitcased" immediately.

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At 05:27 PM 9/11/97 -0700, Mike Duvos wrote:
>
>Clearly the entire House Intelligence Committee should be
>"suitcased" immediately.

In my part of the business, we use the term "suitcased" to 
refer to taking a training course out to somebody's site
and giving it there rather than making them all come to you.
Are you suggesting we need to give CONgress a rapid education, on-site ?

:-)

Meanwhile, Bill Frantz wrote:
>And over what is merely the practical application of some obscure
>mathematics, these turkeys are willing to trash the constitution they are
>sworn to support and defend.  It would be really funny if it wasn't so
>grim.

Why not?  They're willing to trash the Constitution and the crime rate
over the political incorrectness of various plant products,
why not do it over something with a potentially _large_ social impact?

Bill Stewart wrote:
> 
> At 05:27 PM 9/11/97 -0700, Mike Duvos wrote:
> >
> >Clearly the entire House Intelligence Committee should be
> >"suitcased" immediately.
> 
> In my part of the business, we use the term "suitcased" to
> refer to taking a training course out to somebody's site
> and giving it there rather than making them all come to you.
> Are you suggesting we need to give CONgress a rapid education, on-site ?

	[BOOM!]

Nuclear Hillbilly: "That'll learn 'em."

NH
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