[729] in libertarians
[dubois@csn.net: Re: About the Phil Zimmerman Case]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (damartin@volta.mit.edu)
Wed Feb 22 16:54:28 1995
Reply-To: damartin@volta.mit.edu
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 95 16:44:49 EST
From: damartin@volta.mit.edu
To: objectivism@MIT.EDU
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
Some people have expressed interest in having Phil Zimmerman
(of PGP fame) come to talk about his legal case. (The government is
trying to indict/convict him of violating certain technology export
laws.) I got the following reply from his lawyer:
>Thank you for your inquiry. Since Mr. Zimmermann has reason to be in your
>neighborhood on occasion, he may well be available to speak. He speaks
>publicly quite often. However, he specifically avoids discussing the issues
>involved in the federal criminal investigation, and he does this on my
>advice. Since this is the very subject you want to hear about, you are
>likely to be disappointed. I occasionally speak about privacy issues and
>discuss my client's situation, at least up to a point, but I don't expect to
>be anywhere near MIT in the forseeable future. Of course, if there's an
>indictment, everything could change.
>In short, if you'll be content with a general discussion of public-policy
>issues, Mr. Zimmermann may be available; if not, then we'll have to wait to
>see if there'll be an indictment.
I think we'll have to wait a while before he will be able to
speak on the subject.
-David Martin
