Crypto Blamed for US terrorist attack - World Exclusive

[Bruce Tober]

In message <5.1.0.14.2.20010912095816.03886e68@pop3.benzo8.org>, John
Sullivan <lists@benzo8.org> writes
>At 05:15 AM 12/09/2001, you wrote:
>
>>That's the headline I picture on all the tabloids within a fortnight,
>>with the subhead:
>>Government Ministers to Ban E-mail Encryption (except under strict
>>licensing)
>
>Annoyingly (particularly after our disagreement yesterday on another
>list),

??? oh nevermind, surely not relevant.

> I find myself agreeing with you - I was thinking something very
>similar yesterday. I also fear that this may see calls for the
>introduction of compulsory ID cards y la misma.

I hate to say this, but in that case we were rather prophtically not
alone:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/627390_asp.htm
Did Encryption Empower These Terrorists?
And would restricting crypto have given the authorities a change to stop
these acts?
By Steven Levy
NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE

>(BTW, I hope that you've managed to contact your family now.)

Thanks for asking, yes, I got in touch with my son, (x the river from
NYC) he slept through the whole thing even with his flatmate trying to
wake him telling him "they've bombed NY". That's my boy!


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