[3795] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Baker on Gilmore's Wassenaar Foil
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Gilmore)
Sun Dec 13 19:17:02 1998
To: cryptography@c2.net, gnu@toad.com
In-reply-to: <199812081839.NAA26720@camel8.mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 13:30:48 -0800
From: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
Stewart Baker <sbaker@steptoe.com> said:
> I believe that many,
> perhaps most, Wassenaar members derive their authority to regulate
> exports directly from the arrangement itself.
I won't stay Stewart is lying -- I'll just say that:
* Wassenaar staff and web site contradicts him:
http://www.wassenaar.org/docs/index1.html
The decision to transfer or deny transfer of any item will be
the sole responsibility of each Participating State. All
measures undertaken with respect to the arrangement will be in
accordance with national legislation and policies and will be
implemented on the basis of national discretion.
* Stewart was general counsel of NSA and his lips are moving. :-)
Wassenaar provides a forum for building consensus on restraining trade
in physical weapons (a good thing in my opinion), and political cover for
governments who wish to restrain trade in privacy. It does not make laws.
John
