[47052] in Cypherpunks
Re: Zimmermann case is dropped.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan B. McCullagh)
Fri Jan 12 10:33:58 1996
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 10:20:54 -0500 (EST)
From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com, John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Cc:
In-Reply-To: <199601121406.JAA26445@pipe4.nyc.pipeline.com>
Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 12-Jan-96 Re: Zimmermann case is
drop.. by John Young@pipeline.com
> AUSA William Keane in today's WSJ:
>
> "This decision shouldn't be interpreted as meaning
> anything. I caution people against concluding the
> Internet is now free for export."
And in today's Washington Post, in an article by Elizabeth Corcoran:
William P. Keane, assistant U.S. attorney in San Jose, declined to
explain why the government closed its investigation of Zimmermann,
citing the Justice Department's policy of not commenting on reasons
for dropping a case.
There is "no change in law, no change in [encryption] policy," he
said. "If you're planning on making encryption available over the
Internet . . . or other means, better check with the State Department
first."
-Declan
