re suggestions for escrow agencies was re more technical details paul robichaux robichau lambda msfc nasa gov wrote as a private citizen i would feel much more secure in my person and papers knowing that an organization committed to individual civil liberties the aclu and the nra come to mind was safeguarding half of my key both the aclu and the nra are resistent to government pressure by the simple expedient fact that they are not supported funded or overtly controlled by the government thats one problem that has so far been overlooked these two escrow agencies will have to create a secure database and service the input and output of keys who pays for this if they refuse an illegal request from some congressman to deliver a key can their budget by cut to punish them will congress be forced to fund them forever the problem is that laws can change congress may pass a law setting up an escrow agency with instructions that keys are private some future congress may change that law suppose pre nazi germany had a clipper system do you think the escrow agencies would have told hitler that he could not have the keys without a valid court order in effect you must set up escrow agencies as a fourth branch of the goverment and isolate them from any outside interferance they will be able to directly tap into federal funds with no accountability to anyone except through a court challenge john eaton hp vcd johne
