The House committee reports:
ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/thomas/cp106/hr117p5.txt
ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/thomas/cp106/hr117p4.txt
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Report: Crypto Will Harm Society
by Declan McCullagh
12:35 p.m. 27.Jul.99.PDT
WASHINGTON -- Two House committees
are warning that widespread use of
encryption technology would be
"devastating" for US law enforcement and
the national security establishment.
The armed services and intelligence
committees said in reports published
Friday that a bill to roll back some export
restrictions on encryption products would
harm children while protecting "criminals
and international thugs."
"Child pornographers could distribute their
filth unimpeded," the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence said.
[...]