More of the Same: Gore Announces Administration Statement on Encryption Policy - In a written statement issued Friday (7/12), Vice President Al Gore announced that the Administration will continue to push for the adoption of a massive public key infrastructure to enable law enforcement access to encryption communications and continue to rely on cold war-era export controls. This despite the growing pressure from Congress, privacy advocates, the computer industry, and the public for the reform of US encryption policy, the Administration continues to embrace its Clipper III key-escrow encryption proposal. CDT is disappointed that the Administration's latest statement offered no new solutions to what is becoming a critical policy issue for the future of the Internet and the development of a secure and trusted global information infrastructure. July 12, 1996

• "Administration Statement on Commercial Encryption Policy" July 12, 1996
• "U.S. Cryptography Policy: Why We Are Taking the Current Approach" July 12, 1996
• CDT Policy Post 2.27 - No New News on Encryption Policy: Gore Reiterates Support for Clipper III Key Escrow July 12, 1996
• Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) statement regarding Adminstration Announcement July 12, 1996
• Information about the "Clipper III" proposal July 12, 1996
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