[67261] in Cypherpunks
Re: ITAR satellite provision
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adamsc)
Fri Oct 4 06:39:47 1996
From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
To: "Greg Broiles" <gbroiles@netbox.com>, "jim bell" <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Cc: "cypherpunks@toad.com" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 96 00:42:11 -0700
Reply-To: "Chris Adams" <adamsc@io-online.com>
On Wed, 02 Oct 1996 09:28:22 -0800, jim bell wrote:
>> "Export means, for purposes of this subchapter:
>[snip]
>>* A launch vehicle or payload shall not, by reason of the launching
>>* of such vehicle, be considered an export for purposes of this
>>* subchapter. Most of the requirements of this subchapter relate
>> only to exports, as defined above. However, for certain limited
>> purposes, the controls of this subchapter apply to sales and other
>> transfers of defense articles and defense services (see, e.g., Sec.
>> 126.1) of this subchapter."
>
>
>Okay, everybody, call Estes! We've got some crypto to export...er...launch!
For some reason I'm getting a very comical picture here of a Crypto-CD inside
one of those cylindrical oatmeal boxes with about 50 F model-rocket engines
strapped to it....
Now, if you could just hit Airforce 1 on the way over - call it sending a
message.
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