[732] in libertarians
Re: Zimmerman case
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vernon Imrich)
Wed Feb 22 17:46:09 1995
To: howie@MIT.EDU (howard)
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Feb 1995 17:28:15."
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 17:44:07 EST
From: Vernon Imrich <vimrich@MIT.EDU>
|> What are the details of the case? Is the government investigating him
|> for making pgp or distributing it to unknown parties or what?
Well, as no one can really talk about we can't be too certain.
Basically (as far as I know) they are trying to nab him for "exporting
munitions" that is, giving PGP to someone who is not a US citizen.
All encryption schemes are classified as "munitions" under US law.
Whether they have any legal grounds or are just trying to harass him
for making a very tough program which invariably leaked to foreign
users I don't know.
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