[13537] in Cypherpunks
Re: State Dept Response to my second CJ request
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Thu May 12 07:50:28 1994
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 12 May 1994 07:38:40 EDT."
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Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 07:45:49 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@snark.imsi.com>
"Perry E. Metzger" says:
> Frankly, the case seems airtight right now. The government is
> contending that only Americans can type. The position is so idiotic as
> to be untenable. I don't think there is any need for additional
> rigamarole -- Phil should appeal the current ruling and then take them
> to court as is.
I realized that I sounded overoptimistic in what I just said. Let me
clarify.
Courts may of course find against us, but the case is as strong as it
can possibly get right now -- no better opportunity is going to arise.
Perry
