The first sponsored by Senators Conrad Burns (R-MT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in the Senate and by Rep. Robert Goodlatte (R-VA) in the House would essentially eliminate controls on the export of encryption.
Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Arlen Specter (R-PA), the senior members on the panel, asked for more details about documents including a secret court's decision to approve the program a decision that Gonzales announced two weeks ago.