An Interesting RIP Report Stage Amendment

[Brian Gladman]

> From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
> To: "ukcrypto" <ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 6:11 PM
> Subject: Re: An Interesting RIP Report Stage Amendment
>
> I submit that a slightly more likely reading of this amendment is after
> Plod asks "What other information does it protect?" then "Me" has to say
> something like "it gives access to Exxon's payroll" or "this protects
> vital trade secrets for BT."  No court will require Plod to do the
> impossible.

So the Bill forces people to reveal things to the State that the State has
no right to know.

Why am I not surprised by this?

     Brian