From: "Michael C. Peponis" <mianigand@unique.outlook.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:17:27 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Zimmermann case is dropped.
Message-ID: <199601112334.RAA20954@unique.outlook.net>
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> Good news, but lets not forget that winning the battle  isn't winning the war. 
> 
> The dropping of the case means that the legality of the ITAR restrictions goes 
> untested. Had the case not been dropped it would have expired shortly under the 
> statute of limitations. 
> 
> The real issue here is the abuse of the investigative powers of the FBI in 
> support of their own political agenda

Congradulations to Philip, but Phill(boy this is getting confussing) 
is right.

By dropping the case, the goverment avoids a high visiblity case that 
could change the rules.  

What happened to Phillip Zimmermann is unexcusable, but others must 
continue in his footsteps in order to win a decicive victory.

Gee, Anybody got a good public-domain Windoz version of PGP?

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Regards,
Michael Peponis
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