>Linus creates a kernel with encryption in it.
>He encrypts it with an international encryption algorithym (blowfish for
>eg)
> or even a few of them... you never know who the CIA has bought. He
>exports the encrypted code.
>Someone in (for example) Finland de-encrypts it and put it one their site.
>This essentially creates a catch-22 (or double bind in Psychology)
>situation for the government. They have been avoiding telling the world
>how much they can crack.... if they want to prosecute Linus they would
>have to reveal what they can crack.
I have always been under the impression that the CIA would just shoot someone who put them in such a position. But maybe I'm wrong and the CIA is really a caring organization with the interests of American residents at heart, and that it's officers are fine law abiding citizens who would never kill anyone.
Russell Coker