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Re: SAFE vote and cutting crypto-deals, report from House Judiciary
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Black Unicorn)
Thu May 15 14:35:03 1997
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 14:20:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
To: Phil Helms <phil@cccs.cccoes.edu>
cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.PMDF.3.95.970515104940.591476979D-100000@cccs.cccoes.edu>
On Thu, 15 May 1997, Phil Helms wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 1997, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>
> > But you're missing the point: this whole "crypto in a crime" section
> > should not be in this bill in the first place. The new portion is much
> > better than the old, but it still has no business being law.
>
> Why not? There is other law similar to this for the use of firearms in the
> commission of a crime.
Using your argument I could make "Use of clothes in the commission of a
felony" a seperate offense. Afterall, a similar law exists.
Clearly, this chain of logic evades the real issue.
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