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1995-07-12 - Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 (fwd)

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From: Brad Dolan <bdolan@use.usit.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-07-12 21:23:28 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 14:23:28 PDT

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From: Brad Dolan <bdolan@use.usit.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 14:23:28 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.950712171632.1850A-100000@use.usit.net>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 15:28:25 -0400
Subject: Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995


On June 27, Sen. Grassley introduced extensive criminal amendments to the
federal racketeering act.  S. 974, the "Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of
1995," would amend U.S. Code sections 18 USC 1961 (criminal RICO statute),
18 USC 1030A (new section on computer crime), 18 USC 2515, 2516
(wiretapping), and 42 USC 2000aa (Privacy Protection Act).

This proposed legislation is Very Bad. It would make all encryption
software posted to computer networks that are accessible to foreigners
illegal *regardless of whether the NSA has classified the software as a
munition!!!*  Here's the language:

 "Sec. 1030A.  Racketeering-related crimes involving computers
   "(a) It shall be unlawful--

. . .

      "(2) to distribute computer software that encodes or encrypts
    electronic or digital communications to computer networks that the
    person distributing knows, or reasonably should know, is accessible to
    foreign nationals and foreign governments, regardless of whether such
    software has been designated nonexportable."

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