Wired: US To Follow EU Crypto Lead

[Brian Gladman]

>From: "Nigel Hickson" <nigelhickson@compuserve.com>
>To: <ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
>Cc: "'NTK Tips'" <tips@spesh.com>; "'Anoraks list'" <anoraks@egroups.com>;
"'STAND list'" <plotting@netlists.liberty.org.uk>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 9:04 PM
>Subject: Wired: US To Follow EU Crypto Lead
>

>Well; now that "Wired" have reported this; perhaps some on list (that said
>HMG was trying to screw encryption exports) may give us credit for securing
>this agreement (DTI that is).
>
>Nigel

Hi Nigel,

I am always willing to give you credit where credit is due but could you
please be more specific about the DTI role in this?

My own perception of the six (or more) year effort in Europe to remove
cryptography export controls is that the real support for this has come from
Germany and the European Commission and that the UK has been dragging its
feet over much of this period.  I know for sure that certain parts of the UK
government machine have sought on more than one occassion to undermine my
own efforts in Europe to secure the removal of cryptography export controls.

I was about to edit my web page to remove my prediction of events for the
year 2000 but it is just possible that I won't have to after all!

Of course this whole process is rather like 'herding cats'  - the DTI may be
on our side at last but only because you have found an organisation to whom
you can pass the poisoned chalice so now we have the Home Office busily
undermining us with GAK in RIP.

      Brian