If two people have agreed on a private key ahead of time, they can use the service from a Web-connected machine anywhere in the world and start communicating securely, Kobeissi says.
While the private sector assumes responsibility for capital costs and the risks involved such as cost and time overruns in construction or failure to deliver an agreed level of service, the local authority in return commits to regular payments.
After the allegations involving Secret Service agents in Colombia surfaced, Halsne again pressed his source, who this timeagreed to the use of his account in the KIRO report.
But when Entergy bought the plant it reluctantly agreed to apply to the state's Public Service Board for a required "certificate of public good" at relicensing time.