6.095/STS095: Selected items on Clipper -- 1994

There was a tremendous amount published during 1994 on the Escrowed Encryption Standard (Clipper) and US export controls on cryptography. Here are some items culled from the Net, in chronological order. Even looking through the titles of this chronology gives an overview of the interplay between politics, publicity, and technical argument in US policy making. Remember that the Clipper debate is intertwined with debate over US export control (the failed Cantwell Amendment) and the Digital Telephony bill. The articles here show the evolution of the Clipper controversy during 1994.

Feb. 7, 1994, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) announcement of campaign against Clipper
Feb 9, 1994, Dorothy Denning's rebuttal to CPSR
Feb. 11, 1994. From New York Unix Vol 4 #3. Gore Indicates Administration's Position is 'Not Locked in Stone'
Feb. 12, 1994, New York Times (John Markoff) article on Clipper controversy
Feb. 13, 1994, New York Times (William Safire) article "Sink the Clipper"
Feb. 21, 1994, Dorothy Denning, "Encryption and Law Enforcement."
Feb. 27 1994, PRIVACY Forum Digest, Volume 03 : Issue 05 This issure of Privacy forum contains some excellent comments on Clipper, including a reprint of Dorothy Denning's pro-Clipper article in Newsday (Feb. 22) and a rebuttal (Feb. 25) by Ron Rivest.
March, 1994, Mike Godwin, A Chip Over My Shoulder: The Problems With Clipper (Column for July 1994 issue of Internet World)
March 5, 1994, Jim Bidzos, "Some thoughts on clipper, nsa, and one key escrow alternative"
March 10, 1994, Time Online Odeon, Debate on Clipper between Dorothy Denning and John-Perry Barlow. Philip Elmer-Dewitt, moderator.
March 14, 1994, Time Magazine (Philip Elmer-Dewitt), "Who Should Keep the Keys?"
March 14, 1994, US News and World Report (Vic Sussman), "Decoding the Electronic Future"
March 22, 1994, Wall Street Journal (Bob Davis), "Clipper Chip is your friend, NSA contends"
April 7, 1994. MacNeil-Lehrer Report segment on Clipper
May 4, 1994. Summary of Congressional Hearings before the The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology and the Law and the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation. The full testimony can be found in the documents listed at the end of the summary, all avaialable in the EFF Clipper archive.
June 1, 1994, "Administration's crypto plan may have patent problems: MIT professor says he deserves royalties"
June 2, 1994, Brock Meeks, "Jacking in from the SNAFU Port (Clipper Snafu update)"
June 2, 1994, New York Times, "Scientist Finds Flaw In Code Technology"
June 3, 1994, More Patent Problems For Clipper
June 7, 1994, San Jose Mercury News, "Clipper substitutes suggested"
June 11, 1994, NIST Settles with Micali
June 12, 1994, New York Times Editorial
June 15, 1994, CNN Report - Larry King: Clipper Chip
July 14, 1994, New Clipper Legislative Proposal from House Science Committee
July 20, 1994, Letter from Al Gore to Maria Cantwell
July 20, 1994, New York Times (John Markoff), "Administration Reverses Itself On Wiretapping Technology
July 21, 1994, Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on Vice President Gore's Clipper Chip letter
July 22, 1994, EFF Analysis of Vice-President Gore's Letter on Cryptography Policy
July 23, 1994, Remarks by Ron Rivest on Government Crypto Policy
August, 1994, LAN Magazine (Ted Bunker), "Is it 1984?"
August 8, 1994, Gore Letter and Software Key Escrow (Tim May)
September 23, 1994, Washington Post, "Delay urged on encryption technologies" (Elizabeth Corcoran)
October 6, 1994, HR 5199: A bill to provide for the establishment and management of voluntary encryption standards
October 6, 1994, Rep. Brown's comments upon introducing HR 5199
October 11, 1994, Business Group Gets Specific On Encryption
October 20, 1994, Jacking in from the "Sooner or Later" Port (Brock Meeks)