[46989] in Cypherpunks
Re: Zimmermann case is dropped.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael C. Peponis)
Thu Jan 11 19:03:06 1996
From: "Michael C. Peponis" <mianigand@unique.outlook.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 18:47:50 +0000
Cc: mianigand@outlook.net
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> Good news, but lets not forget that winning the battle isn't winning the war.
>
> The dropping of the case means that the legality of the ITAR restrictions goes
> untested. Had the case not been dropped it would have expired shortly under the
> statute of limitations.
>
> The real issue here is the abuse of the investigative powers of the FBI in
> support of their own political agenda
Congradulations to Philip, but Phill(boy this is getting confussing)
is right.
By dropping the case, the goverment avoids a high visiblity case that
could change the rules.
What happened to Phillip Zimmermann is unexcusable, but others must
continue in his footsteps in order to win a decicive victory.
Gee, Anybody got a good public-domain Windoz version of PGP?
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Regards,
Michael Peponis
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