From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 12:32:12 +0800
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject: Re: More on House Intelligence committee amendment on crypto
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At 03:38 PM 9/11/97 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>So I'm reading through the 43-page amendment to SAFE that the House
>Intelligence committee approved today. It includes: 
>
>* Ban on sale of crypto without a backdoor. Five year & fine (maybe
>$250,000?) if violated. Prosecutions can be held in closed-door
>courtrooms, publishers of info about case to be held in contempt of court.

Does the bill retain the 5 years first offense, 10 years second offense
provisions for using crypto in the comission of a crime?

Let's see: Lucky sells five copies of PGP. That's 5+(5+4*10)=50 years in
prison. Or is it (5*5)+(5+4*10)=70 years? Doesn't make much of a difference
at my age, I suppose.


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