[13542] in Cypherpunks
Re: NSA & State Fears ITAR Lawsuits
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Thu May 12 09:08:57 1994
To: m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Cc: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May), cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 12 May 1994 07:40:36 CDT."
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Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 09:02:59 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@snark.imsi.com>
Mike McNally says:
> Timothy C. May writes:
> > A "test case" would probably involved someone
> > very publically and very in-your-facedly exporting the diskettes and
> > then awaiting an ITAR prosecution.
> Perhaps some national organization with a modicum of media prominence
> could make this move. It'd make a more impressive CNN tidbit.
We have a test case already. Phil Karn being denied an export license
will be sufficient for standing as soon as he's exhausted his
administrative appeals.
Perry
