Stardate 20011003.0414 (On Screen): Yet more movement to try to control the use of strong cryptography as a result of the WTC attack. The only problem with this argument is that
the attackers didn't actually use crypto in their communication because it would have made them stand out from the background. Instead they transmitted in clear and depended on the "small fish, big ocean" defense -- which worked. Mr. Straw's proposal, had it been in effect at the time, would have made no difference whatever.
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