"Europe is opposed to the Clipper chip because it fears that the FBI or CIA could target European businesses...The global censorship plan has run up against opposition from European and American businesses that use encryption to send sensitive information. In a position paper to a consulate of European Union intelligence experts...the European organisation representing users of computer security has rejected the Clinton initiative as 'totally unacceptable'...the Information Security Business Advisory Group (Ibag), warns European governments to ignore overtures from the US government aimed at restricting access to the information superhighway to users who use encryption that the government agencies can decode." « UK _Independent_ article, "Spooks all set to hack it on the superhighway", Mar. 5 1994 »