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BXA prosecution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Rosen)
Tue May 12 11:21:10 1998
From: "Mark Rosen" <mrosen@peganet.com>
To: <cryptography@c2.net>
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 22:19:00 -0400
The BXA is on the prowl again. Charles Booher, who developed his
cryptography application, SecureOffice, in his spare time, has received a
Subopena to appear before the Department of Commerce in late May. Mr. Booher
did not place any restrictions on the export of his software. Anyone,
regardless of their nationality or residence, can currently download
SecureOffice from http://www.filesafety.com/.
I am writing on behalf of Mr. Booher, who is now working with my
company, Mach5 Software (http://www.mach5.com).
First, what are your opinions of his case? From what I understand, the
Bernstein case essentially got off on a technicality. Mr. Booher is in
flagrant violation of the export laws; there is no room for such legal
manuvering in this case. I see this as the case that could break open the
crypto floodgates.
Does anyone from the ACLU subscribe to this list? Mr. Booher is a
professional software programmer, but legal bills can run through the roof.
How would we make a formal request for assistance from the ACLU in this
case?
Thanks for your help.
- Mark Rosen
http://www.mach5.com/
