re new encryption algorithm in article raeir be access digex net steve b access digex com steve brinich writes well actually this one s easy it s their job the nsa is supposed to develop cryptosystems if the government chooses to go ahead and sell those cryptosystems to the masses so be it ah but developing cryptosystems which are specificially designed to protect the government s domestic spying capabilities takes them beyond that mandate into the forbidden field of domestic wiretapping but the nsa will not be doing any wiretapping the actual wiretapping will presumably be conducted by the fbi of course the capability for this was provided by the nsa but i think that they are still within the limitations of their charter i realize this is a fine point and some may differ but this is my opinion although i don t care for clipper and won t support or use it i don t see the nsa as having overstepped their bounds david r conrad no his mind is not for rent to any god or government cat talk conferencing network computer conferencing and file archive bps bps v v bis turbopep new users use new as a login id available via pc pursuit city code midet e mail address dave michigan com
