Re: Why did White House change its mind on crypto?

[Bill Stewart]

At 04:22 PM 09/17/1999 -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>Of course, it's by no means obvious that a judge will permit that
provision to 
>stand.  A more likely outcome is similar to the anti-"greymail" law, where
the 
>judge gets to examine the evidence privately.  If it's useless to the
defense, 
>it's excluded without disclosure.  If, on the other hand, it's germaine, the 
>prosecution gets its choice:  drop the charges, or reveal the secret 
>information.

I assume the defense's first question is "so where's the warrant
you used to initiate this alleged wiretap", and then question that.
Yet it seems like the proposed law forbids that as well.
                                Thanks! 
                                        Bill
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