At 2:00 AM -0400 on 7/8/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Title: Documents received under the US FOIA in relation to Ambassador > Resource Type: News Article > Date: Tuesday, 06-Jul-99 > Source: cyber-rights.org > Author: cyber-rights.org > Keywords: GOVT DOCUMENTS ,ENCRYPTION ,GOVT POLICY ,INFLUENCES > > Abstract/Summary: > A recently published Cabinet Office paper entitled Encryption and >Law Enforcement stated > that "there must be a greater degree of international co-operation, >particularly in relation to > setting agreed standards." (para 7.10) The paper further stated >that "there has been > remarkably little co-ordination of policy on encryption matters" >internationally apart from the > OECD Guidelines on Cryptography Policy. > > However, the Aaron Files that we are bringing to the attention of >the public through these > pages suggest otherwise - that UK Government encryption policy was >closely co-ordinated > by the US despite the denial in the Cabinet Office paper which >concluded that the result of > the absence of such a co-ordination "has been a degree of >misunderstanding and suspicion > as to the rationale behind attempts to regulate, or influence, the >domestic use of encryption." > > > Original URL: http://www.cyber-rights.org/foia/usfoia.htm > > Added: Wed Jul 7 20:46:20 -040 1999 > Contributed by: Keeffee ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
