[13009] in Cypherpunks
The ITARs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Wed May 4 07:15:11 1994
To: Jim_Miller@bilbo.suite.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 03 May 1994 22:12:43 CDT."
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Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Wed, 04 May 1994 07:10:57 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@snark.imsi.com>
Jim Miller says:
> Section #120.9 of the ITAR defines "Defense Service" as:
>
> (1) The furnishing of assistance (including training) to foreign
> persons, whether in the United States or abroad in the design,
> development, engineering, manufacture, production, assembly, testing,
> repair, maintenance, modification, operation, demilitarization,
> destruction, processing, or use of defense articles; or
> (2) The furnishing to foreign persons of any technical data
> controlled under this subchapter (see #120.10), whether in the United
> States or abroad.
This is sick. According to this, I cannot teach foreigners about
cryptography in the U.S. -- even about the open literature. This is a
grotesque denial of my first amendment rights.
I wonder if I should hold an open enrollment cryptography class for
the sake of civil disobediance.
Perry
