Washingtonpost.com staff
Updated April 24, 1998

Secretary of Commerce William Daley and FBI Director Louis Freeh may share a common boss, but they have dramatically clashing views on encryption. While Freeh wants law enforcement to keep the upper hand when it comes to encryption, Daley is pushing for more-lenient export rules that will keep U.S. tech firms competitive with foreign rivals.

Daley was sworn in as secretary of commerce on January 30, 1997. He served as special counsel to the president for the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993. Previously he was president and chief operating officer of Amalgamated Bank of Chicago and worked in several Chicago law firms.

See Secretary of Commerce William Daley's administration profile and e-mail him at wdaley@doc.gov.