From: Deborah Stewart <azur@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 06:38:37 +0800
To: "Silenced" <cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: Bomb Making Info to be Illegal
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At 11:17 AM -0700 6/25/97, Silenced wrote:
>Soon, it may be illegal to distribute bomb making instructions.
>Get your copy while you still can!
>           Sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California), who has
>           been trying to get the legislation on the books since 1995, the
>           amendment passed Thursday is narrowly written to include only
>           the distribution of material that has an "intent to harm."

When the DOJ looked at this issue in detail they came to the conclusion
that the  regulations could only be tightened, and not run afoul of the
First Amendment, if very carefully crafted.  In the final form it only
prohibits the teaching of bombmaking for criminal purposes. It's not clear
to me that the bill will restrict such material on the net, unless they
inplies criminal use. See:  http://jya.com/abi.htm.

What's not clear to me, and I wish someone would explain, is how the SC
managed to find pornography not similarly protected speech.  Arms and
munitions can be as arousing for some (e.g., Dr. Strangelove) as sex is for
others.


--Steve


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