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RonRyan85 · 01-20-2006, 04:07 PM

Al Gore Led Effort to Tap Every Phone in America
Charles R. Smith
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006

Big Brother Al

There are times when Al Gore should sit down and shut up. Former Vice
President Al Gore called for an independent investigation into President
Bush's domestic spying program, insisting that the president
"repeatedly and insistently" broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without
court approval.

What Al Gore forgot to tell his audience was that he not only supported
eavesdropping on Americans without court approval - he also chaired a
project designed to execute just that in total secrecy. In short, Al
Gore wanted to bug every phone, computer and fax in America.

In 1993 Al Gore was charged by then President Bill Clinton to run the
"Clipper" project. Clipper was a special chip designed by the National
Security Agency (NSA) to be built into all phones, computers and fax
machines. Not only would Clipper provide scrambled security, it also
contained a special "exploitable feature" enabling the NSA to monitor all
phone calls without a court order.

In 1993, VP Al Gore went to work with a top secret group of Clinton
advisers, called the IWG or Interagency Working Group, and delivered a
report on the Clipper project.

"Simply stated, the nexus of the long term problem is how can the
government sustain its technical ability to accomplish electronic
surveillance in an advanced telecommunications environment," states the TOP
SECRET report prepared by Gore's Interagency Working Group.

"The solution to the access problem for future telecommunications
requires that the vendor/manufacturing community translate the government's
requirements into a fundamental system design criteria," noted the Gore
report.

"The basic issue for resolution is a choice between accomplishing this
objective by mandatory (i.e., statutory/regulatory) or voluntary
means."

The documented truth is that America was to be given no choice but to
be monitored by Big Brother Al. This awful conclusion is backed by
several other documents. One such document released by the Justice
Department is a March 1993 memo from Stephen Colgate, Assistant Attorney General
for Administration.

According to the Colgate memo, Vice President Al Gore chaired a meeting
with Hillary Clinton crony Webster Hubbell, Janet Reno, Commerce
Secretary Ron Brown and Leon Panetta in March 1993. The topic of the meeting
was the "AT&T Telephone Security Device."

According to Colgate, AT&T had developed secure telephones the U.S.
government could not tap. The Clinton-Gore administration secretly
contracted with AT&T to keep the phones off the market. Colgate's memo noted
that the administration was determined to prevent the American public
from having private phone conversations.

"AT&T has developed a Data Encryption Standard (DES) product for use on
telephones to provide security for sensitive conversations," wrote
Colgate.

"The FBI, NSA and NSC want to purchase the first production run of
these devices to prevent their proliferation. They are difficult to
decipher and are a deterrent to wiretaps."

Buried in the Colgate memo is the first reference to
government-developed monitoring devices that would be required for all Americans.

According to the March 1993 Colgate memo to Hubbell, "FBI, NSA and NSC
want to push legislation which would require all government agencies
and eventually everyone in the U.S. to use a new public-key based
cryptography method."

Gore Lied

Al Gore quickly embraced the Clipper chip and the concept of monitoring
America at all costs. In 1994, Gore wrote a glowing letter supporting
the Clipper chip and the government-approved wiretap design.

"As we have done with the Clipper Chip, future key escrow schemes must
contain safeguards to provide for key disclosures only under legal
authorization and should have audit procedures to ensure the integrity of
the system. We also want to assure users of key escrow encryption
products that they will not be subject to unauthorized electronic
surveillance," wrote Gore in his July 20, 1994 letter to Representative Maria
Cantwell.

However, Gore lied. In 1994, federal officials were keenly aware that
the Clipper chip design did not have safeguards against unauthorized
surveillance. In fact, NASA turned down the Clipper project because the
space agency knew of the flawed design.

In 1993, Benita A. Cooper, NASA Associate Administrator for Management
Systems and Facilities, wrote: "There is no way to prevent the NSA from
routinely monitoring all [Clipper] encrypted traffic. Moreover,
compromise of the NSA keys, such as in the Walker case, could compromise the
entire [Clipper] system."

Ms. Cooper referred to Soviet spy John Walker, who is serving life in
prison for disclosing U.S. Navy secret codes. In 1993 Ms. Cooper did not
know of Clinton Chinagate scandals, the Lippo Group, John Huang or
Webster Hubbell, but her prophetic prediction was not so remarkable in
retrospect.

Yet, Al Gore pressed ahead, continuing to support a flawed design
despite warnings that the design could "compromise" every computer in the
U.S.

A 1996 secret memo on a secret meeting of CIA Directer John Deutch, FBI
Director Louis Freeh and Attorney General Janet Reno states, "Last
summer, the Vice President agreed to explore public acceptance of a key
escrow policy but did not rule out other approaches, although none seem
viable at this point."

According to the 1996 report to V.P. Gore by then CIA Director Deutch,
Reno proposed an all-out federal takeover of the computer security
industry. The Justice Department proposed "legislation that would ... ban
the import and domestic manufacture, sale or distribution of encryption
that does not have key recovery. Janet Reno and Louis Freeh are deeply
concerned about the spread of encryption. Pervasive use of encryption
destroys the effectiveness of wiretapping, which supplies much of the
evidence used by FBI and Justice. They support tight controls, for
domestic use."

Yes the Democrats did bug us...they just had the liberal Press to keep
everything secret. Why is it that all left wing Senators who goof up
get a pass and Republicans who missspeak get drummed out of office?
Senator Kennedy is a good example. He should have been ridden out of
town,tared and feathered after letting that woman drown. Democrats are
without any honesty and do exactly what they preach against.

01-20-2006, 04:07 PM	#372 (permalink)
RonRyan85 Insane Location: Lone Star State,USA	Al Gore Led Effort to Tap Every Phone in America Charles R. Smith Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006 Big Brother Al There are times when Al Gore should sit down and shut up. Former Vice President Al Gore called for an independent investigation into President Bush's domestic spying program, insisting that the president "repeatedly and insistently" broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without court approval. What Al Gore forgot to tell his audience was that he not only supported eavesdropping on Americans without court approval - he also chaired a project designed to execute just that in total secrecy. In short, Al Gore wanted to bug every phone, computer and fax in America. In 1993 Al Gore was charged by then President Bill Clinton to run the "Clipper" project. Clipper was a special chip designed by the National Security Agency (NSA) to be built into all phones, computers and fax machines. Not only would Clipper provide scrambled security, it also contained a special "exploitable feature" enabling the NSA to monitor all phone calls without a court order. In 1993, VP Al Gore went to work with a top secret group of Clinton advisers, called the IWG or Interagency Working Group, and delivered a report on the Clipper project. "Simply stated, the nexus of the long term problem is how can the government sustain its technical ability to accomplish electronic surveillance in an advanced telecommunications environment," states the TOP SECRET report prepared by Gore's Interagency Working Group. "The solution to the access problem for future telecommunications requires that the vendor/manufacturing community translate the government's requirements into a fundamental system design criteria," noted the Gore report. "The basic issue for resolution is a choice between accomplishing this objective by mandatory (i.e., statutory/regulatory) or voluntary means." The documented truth is that America was to be given no choice but to be monitored by Big Brother Al. This awful conclusion is backed by several other documents. One such document released by the Justice Department is a March 1993 memo from Stephen Colgate, Assistant Attorney General for Administration. According to the Colgate memo, Vice President Al Gore chaired a meeting with Hillary Clinton crony Webster Hubbell, Janet Reno, Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and Leon Panetta in March 1993. The topic of the meeting was the "AT&T Telephone Security Device." According to Colgate, AT&T had developed secure telephones the U.S. government could not tap. The Clinton-Gore administration secretly contracted with AT&T to keep the phones off the market. Colgate's memo noted that the administration was determined to prevent the American public from having private phone conversations. "AT&T has developed a Data Encryption Standard (DES) product for use on telephones to provide security for sensitive conversations," wrote Colgate. "The FBI, NSA and NSC want to purchase the first production run of these devices to prevent their proliferation. They are difficult to decipher and are a deterrent to wiretaps." Buried in the Colgate memo is the first reference to government-developed monitoring devices that would be required for all Americans. According to the March 1993 Colgate memo to Hubbell, "FBI, NSA and NSC want to push legislation which would require all government agencies and eventually everyone in the U.S. to use a new public-key based cryptography method." Gore Lied Al Gore quickly embraced the Clipper chip and the concept of monitoring America at all costs. In 1994, Gore wrote a glowing letter supporting the Clipper chip and the government-approved wiretap design. "As we have done with the Clipper Chip, future key escrow schemes must contain safeguards to provide for key disclosures only under legal authorization and should have audit procedures to ensure the integrity of the system. We also want to assure users of key escrow encryption products that they will not be subject to unauthorized electronic surveillance," wrote Gore in his July 20, 1994 letter to Representative Maria Cantwell. However, Gore lied. In 1994, federal officials were keenly aware that the Clipper chip design did not have safeguards against unauthorized surveillance. In fact, NASA turned down the Clipper project because the space agency knew of the flawed design. In 1993, Benita A. Cooper, NASA Associate Administrator for Management Systems and Facilities, wrote: "There is no way to prevent the NSA from routinely monitoring all [Clipper] encrypted traffic. Moreover, compromise of the NSA keys, such as in the Walker case, could compromise the entire [Clipper] system." Ms. Cooper referred to Soviet spy John Walker, who is serving life in prison for disclosing U.S. Navy secret codes. In 1993 Ms. Cooper did not know of Clinton Chinagate scandals, the Lippo Group, John Huang or Webster Hubbell, but her prophetic prediction was not so remarkable in retrospect. Yet, Al Gore pressed ahead, continuing to support a flawed design despite warnings that the design could "compromise" every computer in the U.S. A 1996 secret memo on a secret meeting of CIA Directer John Deutch, FBI Director Louis Freeh and Attorney General Janet Reno states, "Last summer, the Vice President agreed to explore public acceptance of a key escrow policy but did not rule out other approaches, although none seem viable at this point." According to the 1996 report to V.P. Gore by then CIA Director Deutch, Reno proposed an all-out federal takeover of the computer security industry. The Justice Department proposed "legislation that would ... ban the import and domestic manufacture, sale or distribution of encryption that does not have key recovery. Janet Reno and Louis Freeh are deeply concerned about the spread of encryption. Pervasive use of encryption destroys the effectiveness of wiretapping, which supplies much of the evidence used by FBI and Justice. They support tight controls, for domestic use." Yes the Democrats did bug us...they just had the liberal Press to keep everything secret. Why is it that all left wing Senators who goof up get a pass and Republicans who missspeak get drummed out of office? Senator Kennedy is a good example. He should have been ridden out of town,tared and feathered after letting that woman drown. Democrats are without any honesty and do exactly what they preach against.