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US DoJ Zimmermann Press Release
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan B. McCullagh)
Thu Jan 11 23:43:30 1996
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 22:47:49 -0500 (EST)
From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From Mike Godwin and Stanton McCandlish. Transcribed from fax.
-Declan
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[logo] United States Attorney
Northern District of California
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San Jose Office (408) 535-5061
280 South First Street, Suite 371
San Jose, California 95113 FAX: (408) 535-5066
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 11, 1995
Michael J. Yamaguchi, United States Attorney for the
Norther District of California, announced today that his office
has declined prosectution of any individuals in connection with
the posting to USENET in June 1991 of the encryption program
known as "Pretty Good Privacy." The investigation has been
closed. No further comment will be made by the U.S. Attorney's
office on the reasons for declination.
Assistant U.S. Attorney William P. Keane of the U.S.
Attorney's Office in San Jose at (408) 535-5053 oversaw the
government's investigation of the case.
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