1996-11-05 - Re: British Telecom merger with MCI

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From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
To: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-11-05 14:06:56 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 06:06:56 -0800 (PST)

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From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 06:06:56 -0800 (PST)
To: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
Subject: Re: British Telecom merger with MCI
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On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Adam Shostack wrote:

> Phil Karn failed to get an export license for 3des for foriegn offices
> of Qualcomm, staffed by Americans.  See
> www.eff.org/pub/Crypto/ITAR_export/nsa_3des_export_denial_0396.letter 

[whoops] 
That's unusual - certainly, for the bigger companies it seems to be pretty
automatic, especially for NATO countries. Of course, it could just be that 
Phil is "known to the authorities". 





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