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From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt,news.misc
Subject: "Paper on Codes is Sent Despite U.S. Objection", NYT Aug 9 1989
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Date: 9 Aug 89 15:20:51 GMT
Reply-To: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
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By JOHN MARKOFF

A paper describing fast and inexpensive ways of keeping computer
information private has been distributed by computer around the
world, over the objections of the secretive Federal agency that
gathers electronic intelligence.

The wide circulation of the paper has renewed a dispute pitting
national security against academic freedom.

The paper, written by a Xerox Corporation computer scientist,
was obtained by a San Francisco independent computer consultant
strongly opposed to a request by the agency, the National Security
Agency, that Xerox restrict its circulation on the the ground
of national security.  The consultant, John Gilmore, transmitted
it on a computer network to more than 8,000 sites around the world.

[The entire article is 1 1/3 columns on p11 of the national edition.
I don't plan to type it all in, though if someone has an on-line copy
it would be useful to post it since it does add some information to 
the discussion.]

--Ed