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Re: Exporting crypto from the US? Think first...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (K. M. Ellis)
Fri May 7 15:06:44 1999
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 12:18:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: "K. M. Ellis" <protozoa@tux.org>
To: Zooko <zooko@wildgoose.tandu.com>
Cc: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>, John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>,
John Young <jya@pipeline.com>, hugh@toad.com, cypherpunks@toad.com,
cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <m10fmb4-0000QUC@wildgoose.tandu.com>
I don't know what's happened to him yet, but his website is still up,
with recent updates:
http://www.filesafety.com
In fact, you can still download his program.
Also, it's hard to say whether or not the Bernstein case will offer him
any relief (if charges are still pending, that is), since he was exporting
executable software, not source.
On Fri, 7 May 1999, Zooko wrote:
>
> "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com> wrote:
> >
> > Large numbers of people have been conspicuously breaking this law for a
> > long time.
> >
> > Who has been prosecuted?
>
>
> Where is Charles Booher? He was on the verge of suicide a
> couple of months before he was arrested for exporting crypto.
> Was he chosen because they knew he was suicidal? What happened
> to his case?
>
>
> Where is Charles Booher?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Zooko
>
>
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