> I don't read anything in the bill to require companies to keep a history of the communications. That isn't what I said or what I addressed. You said "...kee

> I don't read anything in the bill to require companies to keep a history of the communications. That isn't what I said or what I addressed. You said "...keep around copies of information they don't already keep.", that isn't true - for the reasons I previously explained. It isn't restricted to "communications", it is for any stored data - if you get it in plain text then you are required to render on demand in plain text. You are not allowed to use forward security as a feature of your product. > "Regressive" means stepping backward from the status quo. I know what the word means, you've misused it. The USG making it illegal to render information unusable to them for some theoretical future investigation is not the status quo. That logic would make manufacture of paper shredders illegal.