22 April 1999

    From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
    Subject: BXA news
    To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks)
    Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:12:41 -0400 (EDT)

    Former Intelligence Official to Head Encryption Panel

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    The Bureau of Export Administration last week announced
    that William Crowell, former deputy director of the National
    Security Agency, has been named to be chairman of the Encryption
    Subcommittee of the President's Export Council.

    While at the NSA, Crowell was a strong ally of Louis Freeh, the
    director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in his fight
    against attempts by the software industry to pass legislation
    that would lift export controls on strong encryption.

    {..}

    Crowell is currently president and chief executive of Cylink Corp.,
    which develops and sells network security systems. Cylink was the
    first company to market a system for protecting entire networks
    with public key cryptography.

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    JYA Note: The acting head of the President's Export Council
    Subcommittee on Encryption (PECSENC) has been Stewart Baker,
    former NSA general counsel.