From: Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 21:10:03 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: [Fwd: Re: Naive Export Question]
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To: Jim Wise <jw250@columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: Naive Export Question
From: Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 21:52:25 -0800
Organization: TOTO Enterprises
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Reply-To: toto@sk.sympatico.ca

Jim Wise wrote:
 
> And here we have the heart of the regulations...  Only _actually_ close
> what they're sure they can get away with, but make sure to make it
> seem that the rules are logical and complete, so people will refrain
> from exporting crypto legally or illegally for fear that they will
> break the law without meaning too...

  That's right.  I've never seen a government regulator go broke from
having to pay lawyers in order to prosecute a citezen, right or
wrong.