concession hopes Ramsi Mhammed's cottage
- From: accused.frog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jason L. Shouts, MLA)
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:36:19 GMT
: : : I was part of that OECD Expert Group, and believe I may shine at least
: some light on what exactly was said and happened at the meetings.
: : The main conflict during all sessions was the demand of the US to be
: able to decrypt anything, anywhere at any time versus the European : focus: we want to have the choice - with an open end - to maintain
: own surveillance. The US demand would have caused an immediate
: ability to tap into what the European intelligence community believes to
: be its sole and exclusive territory. In fact the Europeans were not at all
: pleased with the US view points of controlling ALL crypto. Germany and
: France vigorously refused to work with the US on this issue.
:
: The Clipper initiative (at the time not readily developed) was completely
: banned, except for the Australian and UK views that felt some obligation
: from the 1947 UKUSA treaty (dealing with interchange of intelligence).
: : With a vast majority the US was cornered completely, and had to accept
: the international views. And actually adopted those as well. EFF, EPIC and
: other US organizations were delighted to see the formal US views barred,
: but expressed their concern on the development of alternate political
: pressure that would cause the same effects.
:
: As time went by that was indeed what the US did, and up to now with minor
: s
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