[1391] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: updated web pages in my case
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Laurie)
Sat Aug 30 16:52:40 1997
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 21:00:31 +0100
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
To: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
CC: cryptography@c2.net
Phil Karn wrote:
>
> I have typed in the letter we received recently from BXA classifying
> the Applied Cryptography diskette as 5D002 on the Commerce Control List,
> i.e., as an Encryption Item (EI) requiring a license to export.
>
> No surprises here, they just parroted Clinton's 1996 executive order
> transferring crypto from State to Commerce.
>
> The URL is
>
> http://people.qualcomm.com/karn/export/bxaletter.html
I particularly like this bit: 'The President further determined that
"facts and questions concerning the foreign availability of such
encryption products cannot be made subject to public disclosure or
judicial review without revealing or implicating classified information
that could harm United States national security and foreign policy
interests."'
In other words: "the damn furriners may _think_ they've got the cool
stuff, but we know better". Sure!
Cheers,
Ben.
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