re clipper serial numbers need nd court order strnlght netcom com david sternlight writes two safeguards the fbi could be asked to produce the law enforcement block to the escrow agencies and associate it with a particular court order exactly what would that show the law enforcement block is easy to create given the government key and any serial number if the thing comes to trial the defense attorneys can probe this issue closely it is not too different from proving that the speaker on a legal wiretap is the person the court order covered if it comes to trail about the wiretap ya some safegaurd that is what if they just harass people as a result or learn things they shouldn t have learned etc putting it another way this question is not very different from the pre clipper question what s to prevent the fbi from getting a court order to tap al capone and then using it to tap jonathan livingstone seagull instead the whole point of the escrow system is to prevent the fbi from making illegal wiretaps why not have the fbi holds the keys and that s it why do we need the escrow system at all unless a rd party a judge verifies that the requested serial number is right and the fbi can get any key they like at anytime the escrow system is useless michael golan mg cs princeon edu
