Use the profiles below, compiled from Washington Post, washingtonpost.com and LEGI-SLATE News Service staff reports, to learn about key players in the encryption debate.

On Capitol Hill:

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (Ray Lustig/Washington Post)

Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.)
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.)
Rep. Porter Goss (R-Fla.)
Sen. Robert Kerrey (D-Neb.)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Gerald B.H. Solomon (R-N.Y.)
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.)

Elsewhere:

FBI Director Louis Freeh (Mark Wilson/AP)

Americans for Computer Privacy
Business Software Alliance
Center for Democracy and Technology
Commerce Secretary William Daley
FBI Director Louis Freeh
Peter Neuman
The White House
Philip Zimmermann