Editing Clipper chip (section)

== Clinton Administration ==
The Clinton Administration argued that the Clipper chip was essential for law enforcement to keep up with the constantly progressing technology in the United States.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McLoughlin |first=Glenn J. |date=September 8, 1995 |title=The Clipper Chip A Fact Sheet Update |url=http://congressional.proquest.com/congressional/result/pqpresultpage.gispdfhitspanel.pdflink/$2fapp-bin$2fgis-congresearch$2f4$2f7$2f1$2f5$2fcrs-1995-spr-0035_from_1_to_2.pdf/entitlementkeys=1234%7Capp-gis%7Ccongresearch%7Ccrs-1995-spr-0035 |url-status=dead |website=Congressional Proquest}}</ref> While many believed that the device would act as an additional way for terrorists to receive information, the Clinton Administration said it would actually increase national security.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/12/magazine/battle-of-the-clipper-chip.html?pagewanted=all|title=Battle of the Clipper Chip|last=Levy|first=Steven|author-link=Steven Levy|date=June 12, 1994|website=The New York Times|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606075930/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/12/magazine/battle-of-the-clipper-chip.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref> They argued that because "terrorists would have to use it to communicate with outsiders — banks, suppliers, and contacts — the Government could listen in on those calls."<ref name=":1" />