Peter,
You wrote:
>> The stated policy of the US Federal Govt (the US President,
>> actually)
...
I do not believe the policy has changed in the last 15 years :-| The
difference is perhaps that Clinton personally directed NIST
There is no evidence I have seen that Clinton has personally done
anything one way or the other with respect to Clipper. A lot has been
done in his name, as is standard practice in creating government
policy. Gore does seem to have been directly involved in some aspects
of the Clipper developments.
Steve