<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div class="gmail_quote">3) Shortly after the token indictment of Zimmerman (thus prompting widespread use and promotion of the RSA public key encryption algorithm), the Clinton administration's FBI then advocated a relaxation of encryption export regulations in addition to dropping
all plans for the Clipper chip<br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>I need to correct some facts, especially since I'm seeing this continue to get repeated.</div><div><br></div><div>Phil was never charged, indicted, sued, or anything else. He was *investigated*. He was investigated for export violations, not for anything else. Being investigated is bad enough, but that's what happened. The government dropped the investigation in early 1996.</div><div><br></div><div>The government started the investigation because they were responding to a complaint from RSADSI that Phil and team violated export control. As Phill noted, there was the secondary issue of the dispute over the RSA patent license, but that was a separate issue. RSADSI filed the complaint with the government that started the investigation.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jon</div><div><br></div><br></body></html>