From: [m j r] at [tis.com] (Marcus J Ranum)
Newsgroups: alt.privacy.clipper,sci.crypt
Subject: Washington Post, business section Sun, May 30
Date: 30 May 1993 15:13:32 GMT

	Excerpted from an article entitled, "Chipping away at privacy?"

	"
	Administration sources said that if the current plan doesn't
enable the NSA and FBI to keep on top of the technology, then Clinton
is prepared to introduce legislation to require use of its encryption
technology, which is crackable by the NSA, and to ban use of the
uncrackable gear.
	"It's an option on the table," said a White House official.
	"

mjr.

Perhaps the "White House official" was the janitor or something.