[Unfortunately the Hotline, which I quoted from in the previous Politech message, did not include the full text of the question asked in the survey. I apologize to Evans and PSRA for any possible misunderstanding, and thank him for this clarification. --DBM] ******* From: "Evans Witt" <evans.wittat_private> To: <declanat_private>, <politechat_private> Subject: RE: Majority of Americans want anti-encryption laws, poll says Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 17:22:03 -0400 Declan, I've been a long-time politech lurker, enjoying and learning from the discussions. Your post on the question on encryption brings me out of the lurk. Just to set the record straight on the encryption question, here is the full text of the question: These days, people's phone and e-mail communication is often encrypted to protect privacy and confidentiality. Would you favor reducing encryption of communications to make it easier for the FBI and CIA to monitor the activities of suspected terrorists --EVEN IF it might infringe on people's privacy and affect business practices? 54 Yes, would favor 39 No, would not 7 Don't know This question was part of survey that our company, Princeton Survey Research Associates, conducted for Newsweek magazine in response to the attacks on New York and Washington. Usually, Newsweek handles queries about their polls directly, but I don't know if any Newsweek folks are on the politech list. Evans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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