[90215] in Cypherpunks
Re: Exporting crypto from Japan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jonathon)
Mon Nov 17 00:00:32 1997
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 04:23:41 +0000 (GMT)
From: jonathon <grafolog@netcom.com>
To: Joichi Ito <jito@eccosys.com>
cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <199711162343.IAA12079@eccosys.com>
Reply-To: jonathon <grafolog@netcom.com>
On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Joichi Ito wrote:
> issue and gave them the recommendation. It is likely that some pressure
> from the US government is being put on Japanese ministries such as MITI,
Some pressure? A simple little phone call is all it took,
for Japan INC, to knuckle down to the NSA.
> necessary to write off all Japanese as stooges. Also, I disagree that there
> is "no apparent prospects for them _ever_ becoming available." This is not
Japan INC, won't make those chips, untill either:
1: the NSA tells them to go ahead and make the
or
2: Japan thinks it is ready to declare war on the US, again,
and needs those chips for military conquest.
I vote for option 2 happening far sooner than option 1.
Just how soon do you think Japan will be willing to declare
war against the US, with a hope of winning it?
xan
jonathon
grafolog@netcom.com
There are operating systems that were not dreamed up,
in Redmond.
Some of them even are bug-free.
