From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-09-10 21:29:50 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 05:29:50 +0800
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 05:29:50 +0800
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: I told you so
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On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Tim May wrote:
> In a 45 to 1 vote, the committee adopted an amendment from Rep. Curt Weldon
> (R-Pa.) and Rep. Ron Dellums (D-Calif.) that
> would condition all exports of coding technology on the potential for harm
> to national security.
And, just (I am starting to sound like Tim :) as I predicted years ago,
it passes with overwhelming majority. OK, to be honest, I predicted that a
domestic ban/severe restrictions on use of strong crypto would pass with
well over 90% of the votes. And that prediction of course still stands.
If they can ban machine guns, they can ban crypto. Expect nothing from
the Supreme Court.
-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred
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