[733] in libertarians
Re: Zimmerman case
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin THEOBALD)
Wed Feb 22 18:05:28 1995
From: theobald@duke.cs.mcgill.ca (Kevin THEOBALD)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 18:03:44 -0500
In-Reply-To: Vernon Imrich's message [Re: Zimmerman case] as of Feb 22, 17:44
To: Vernon Imrich <vimrich@MIT.EDU>, howie@MIT.EDU (howard)
Cc: libertarians@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.
Even worse: from what I hear, all he did was put it on an ftp site,
which was then tapped by foreigners.
| 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.
I'll bet they are REALLY harassing him simply for making a tough program
that makes it harder for them to monitor what we say. The "export" stuff
is just a smokescreen. All that did was provide them with an excuse.
Kevin Theobald
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