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Encryption Key Player: Curt Weldon
LEGI-SLATE News Service staff Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) has been among the most prominent foes of the Security and Freedom Through Encryption Act. [H.R. 695] – the bill that Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) sponsored to relax export controls on strong encryption technology. Weldon, who was elected to Congress in 1996, has urged that before certain kinds of encryption technology may be exported, the defense secretary must be consulted and must agree to that export. But the congressman, who believes the SAFE bill as originally written presents several national security concerns, has not pushed for any so-called "key recovery" or "key escrow" provisions. Neither has he tried to restrict domestic use of encryption. In fact, Weldon's office uses Philip Zimmermann's Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption to protect its communications. See Representative Weldon's Congressional Guide profile and send him e-mail. |
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