re would clipper make a good cover for other encryption method from brad optilink com brad yearwood assume in this case the usual canard adversary of narcotraficantes they probably have more cash than the kgb did and they re probably more generous at handing it out it will be easier than ever to find or cultivate walkers and pollards for the keys and it will be easy enough to find someone to reverse engineer the chip unless the tamper proofing is damned clever and effective if the administration really believes big time drug dealers are the threat personally i thought it was the cia and the air force that did all the real drug shipping then they ought to take this seriously unlike the kgb drug dealers can make a most convincing argument for cooperation help us and we ll be nice and give you some money don t help us and we ll start cutting off your favourite body parts after all it was probably an argument like that that persuaded jack ruby to shoot oswald in full view of the police life in jail probably seems much more preferable to most people than several weeks of something nasty followed by no life at all g
