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- From: djb@silverton.berkeley.edu (D. J. Bernstein)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal.computing
- Subject: Re: Not illegal to import PGP into U.S.!
- Message-ID: <6642.Jan2400.27.1493@silverton.berkeley.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 00:27:14 GMT
- References: <1993Jan23.030558.4357@netcom.com> <4655.Jan2305.28.2793@silverton.berkeley.edu> <1993Jan23.195047.10862@netcom.com>
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- In article <1993Jan23.195047.10862@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
- > Since the Treasury has not authorized its import, "(c)" does not
- > apply.
-
- Sternlight, the Treasury Department deals with things like embargoes.
- The exports and imports it does *not* authorize in the law are
- phenomenally few and far between. I won't be able to check the
- regulations until Monday but I'm quite willing to bet that Treasury
- *does* authorize the permanent import of PGP from Europe.
-
- [ scare tactics: ``the feds will take your equipment, etc.'' ]
-
- There's no reason for anyone on the net to listen to such hogwash.
- If Joe Shmoe wants to see whether ``the feds'' will get angry at his
- use of PGP, he can simply call up the Treasury Department and ask
- (1) what they think and (2) whether they have jurisdiction here.
-
- ---Dan
-