The following Top Secret memo from Brent Scowcroft to George Bush, written and the end of 1991 (and declassified in 1996) shows Bush’s approval of a plan to have the Justice Department prepare legislation to deal with digital telephony problem, and to follow through to address encryption about a year later.
These documents were obtained in 1996 by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, under the Freedom of Information Act.
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1991 Memorandum from Brent Scowcroft to George Bush. (Courtesy of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.)
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1991 Memorandum from Brent Scowcroft to George Bush. (Courtesy of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.)
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1991 Memorandum from Brent Scowcroft to George Bush. (Courtesy of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.)