Here's the first of many

By at 6:43 pm Tuesday, Sep 11

Here's the first of many inevitable pieces of irresponsible journalism linking terrorists and crypto, from USA Today. We're going to see a lot of this kind of hysteria, along with anal-probes in the airports, and any number of abridgements to our freedom.
"Uncrackable encryption is allowing terrorists -- Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaida and others -- to communicate about their criminal intentions without fear of outside intrusion," FBI Director Louis Freeh said last March during closed-door testimony on terrorism before a Senate panel. "They're thwarting the efforts of law enforcement to detect, prevent and investigate illegal activities."
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