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Re: Undecrypted cyphertext (was: Re: Dorothy and the four Horseman)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Black Unicorn)
Fri Jun 6 17:02:50 1997

Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 16:21:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
To: sinster@darkwater.com
cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <m0wa4rY-0005rTC@scintilla.darkwater.com>


On Fri, 6 Jun 1997 sinster@darkwater.com wrote:

> investigation.  Luckily, the unencrypted cyphertext is all that they have: 
> the courts have already ruled that a defendant can refuse to hand over
> their cryptographic keys on 5th amendment grounds.


Do you have a cite here?  I don't believe this is correct at all.


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