[13517] in Cypherpunks
Re: NSA & State Fears ITAR Lawsuits
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Sommerfeld)
Wed May 11 22:58:21 1994
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 22:39:46 -0400
From: sommerfeld@orchard.medford.ma.us (Bill Sommerfeld)
To: tcmay@netcom.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com, tcmay@netcom.com
In-Reply-To: <199405120153.SAA27799@netcom.com> (tcmay@netcom.com)
Someone who's had dealings with the NSA and State over these issues
saw some memos, but was not allowed to make copies of them, which
indicated that State's lawyer's were very concerned that an ITAR case
involving software *not* ever reach the courts, because they felt the
government's case was very weak and that a probable loss would be a
serious setback in other areas.
Is there any chance that these memos would be subject to release under
the FOIA?
- Bill
