re white house wiretap chip disinformation sheet in article wcs apr rainier att com wcs anchor ho att com bill stewart writes the attorney general will procure and utilize encryption devices to the extent needed to preserve the government s ability to conduct lawful electronic surveillance and to fulfill the need for secure law enforcement communications further the attorney general shall utilize funds from the department of justice asset forfeiture super surplus fund to effect this purchase this is a very curious thing to say stu iiis nsa designed secure telephones cleared for classified traffic are already readily available to law enforcement agencies word has it they re standard in every fbi office for example something like several hundred thousand of these phones exist in all they are clearly the us government standard so why does the doj need to buy new phones that unlike stu iiis will not be certified for classified traffic and in all likelihood will not be compatible with existing stu iiis unless of course they re gearing up for large scale decryption of civilian clipper users and they need compatible hardware phil
