[108043] in Cypherpunks
CDR: Re: Australian Crypto? (Re: Export ban kills Nexus' WHO deal)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Young)
Tue Feb 2 11:51:51 1999
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 11:32:02 -0500
To: "Gil Hamilton" <gil_hamilton@hotmail.com>
From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com
In-Reply-To: <19990202144242.24606.qmail@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Gil Hamilton wrote:
>It appears that the general consensus is that current Australian law
>does not cover such "intangible" exports as Internet downloads. Though
>it sounds like the usual "national defense" scaremongers (DSD in this
>case) would like to change that. (And of course--like their US
>counterparts -- they're not in the least hesitant to *threaten*
>prosecution to try to scare people into complying with what they wish
>the law was.)
Based on a recent UK letter on restricted export of "intangibles," there
may be a united policy in the works among the UKUSA gang if not
other members of Wassenaar. See Brian Galdman's post today
of a DTI response to his open letter of inquiry on the topic:
http://jya.com/uk-reify.htm
Brian comments that DTI appears to be blindly following precedent
for control of export of hard goods in its preparation of regs on
cryptography -- blending logic and fancy to devise a program
suitable to the covert controllers who will not own up to what
orders they're blindly following from George of Woodteeth.
One of the research budget items for the Woodteeth I-agencies
is "Distributed Common Ground Systems," listed for NSA,
DIA and NIMA. While all other dollar amounts for DoD intel
are omitted, including most for this program, DIA is scheduled
to get for it $1m in FY00 and 01. This program is not familiar;
has anyone heard what it is?
In the research budget it is listed as Program Element Numbers:
0305208G (NSA)
0305208L (DIA)
0305208BQ (NIMA)
As if anyone besides me, the Big 3 Wartoolers and DC-Hogs
gives a shit, the full global hi-tech terrorist budget is available at:
http://www.dtic.mil/comptroller/FY2000budget/
