1.   A Blue Springs, Mo., man appeared in federal court Wednesday in Kansas City on charges he attempted to smuggle restricted military encryption devices to China.

2.   A spokesman at News Datacom, which develops encryption devices, declined to comment regarding the report.

3.   Despite admitting next to no expertise in software, Cantwell had worked with Glaser and other executives in persuading the Clinton administration to loosen controls on encryption devices.

4.   He also issued a decree requiring the licensing of computer encryption devices, providing KGB access to all data transmission.

5.   That has allowed U.S. citizens and companies to develop and use any kind of encryption devices.

6.   The administration, citing law enforcement and national security concerns, says it wants the strongest encryption devices to be exported only when a decoding key is made available.

7.   The Customs Service on Wednesday announced the arrests of two men suspected of trying to export highly sophisticated encryption devices to China.

8.   They turned up cash, a fleet of cars and encryption devices.

9.   Use of encryption devices also impairs antidrug efforts.