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From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
Subject: Re: Secret algorithm [Re: Clipper Chip and crypto key-escrow]
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 18:19:50 GMT
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In article <1rae88$b5j@access.digex.net> steve-b@access.digex.com (Steve Brinich) writes:
> > Nonsense! I wasn't asked if Larry O'Brien should trust Nixon with his keys,
> >but whether I would.
>
>  Well, that explains it.  The government has no real need to spy on people
>who already love Big Brother; it's the people who are inclined to talk
>back who need to be watched.

Though I think this an overstatement, it does contain a grain of truth. It's
drug dealers, spies, terrorists, and organized crime figures (assuming
enough probable cause to convince a judge) who need to be watched, not
law-abiding citizens.

David
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