re new encryption algorithm in article rand org jim rand org jim gillogly writes i did you re mistaken nsa s communications intelligence mission is strictly against foreign governments here s an excerpt from the enabling charter oct truman that should clarify this the charter was declassified in about feb when an foia request made it public interesting where can i get the whole thing nsa is not in the standard setting business though that s why this clipper stuff came from nist which i believe is tasked with coming up with standards based on their best inputs from other government agencies which would include nsa several of the newspaper reports have made it fairly clear that the nsa did all the real work you can t believe everything you read in the papers but the package of information the nist is faxing out has so little information beyond what s widely known that it sounds like it s true pray for peace bill bill stewart wcs anchor att com at t bell labs m holmdel nj no i m from new jersey i only work in cyberspace white house commect line fax
