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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Senate bans some bomb making info from the Inter



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Date:          Fri, 21 May 1999 12:17:17 -0400
To:            politech@vorlon.mit.edu
From:          Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:       FC: Senate bans some bomb making info from the Internet
Reply-to:      declan@well.com

Remember that Sen. Feinstein has been at this for years:

http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,592,00.html
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,14079,00.html

-Declan


>Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 00:33:54 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Thomas Edwards <thomas@thesync.com>
>To: declan@well.com
>Subject: no bomb making info for the Net, thanks to "trenchcoat hysteria"
>
>
>Declan,
>
>	Dang, after caving on gun control, this little freedom of speech
>thing is nothing big.
>
>Senate blasts bomb-making info on Net 
>By Courtney Macavinta
>Staff Writer, CNET News.com 
>May 19, 1999, 1 p.m. PT 
>URL: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,36785,00.html 
>
>Distributing bomb-making information on the Net would be illegal in most
>cases under Senate legislation being debated in the wake of the killings
>at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and a rash of subsequent
>threats at campuses around the country. 




>Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 18:09:37 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Thomas Edwards <thomas@thesync.com>
>To: declan@well.com
>Subject: Bomb teaching amendment language
>
>Declan,
>	
>	Interestingly enough, you can't read about the bomb info amendment
>on Thomas, but you have to sneak over to the GPO and read it in the
>Congressional Record.  Sec. 402 is part of Amendment S.AMDT.353 to S.254,
>agreed to by an 85-13 vote
>(http://www.senate.gov/legislative/vote1061/vote_00123.html).  BTW,
>S.AMDT.351 (sponsored by Sen Allard) also added to S.254 routes around the
>first Amendment by OKing religious observances of school violence
>memorials. 
>
>Here is the language of the bomb teaching amendment:
>
>SEC. 402. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN 
>                   INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE 
>                   DEVICES, AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
>
>       (a) Unlawful Conduct.--Section 842 of title 18, United 
>     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
>       ``(p) Distribution of Information Relating to Explosives, 
>     Destructive Devices, and Weapons of Mass Destruction.--
>       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
>       ``(A) The term `destructive device' has the same meaning as 
>     in section 921(a)(4).
>       ``(B) The term `explosive' has the same meaning as in 
>     section 844(j).
>       ``(C) The term `weapon of mass destruction' has the same 
>     meaning as in section 2332a(c)(2).
>       ``(2) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any person--
>       ``(A) to teach or demonstrate the making or use of an 
>     explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass 
>     destruction, or to distribute by any means information 
>     pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or use of 
>     an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass 
>     destruction, with the intent that the teaching, 
>     demonstration, or information be used for, or in furtherance 
>     of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime of violence; 
>     or
>       ``(B) to teach or demonstrate to any person the making or 
>     use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of 
>     mass destruction, or to distribute to any person, by any 
>     means, information pertaining to, in whole or in part, the 
>     manufacture or use of an explosive, destructive device, or 
>     weapon of mass destruction, knowing that such person intends 
>     to use the teaching, demonstration, or information for, or in 
>     furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime 
>     of violence.''.
>       (b) Penalties.--Section 844 of title 18, United States 
>     Code, is amended--
>       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``person who violates 
>     any of subsections'' and inserting the following: ``person 
>     who--
>       ``(1) violates any of subsections'';
>       (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
>     and'';
>       (3) by adding at the end the following:
>       ``(2) violates subsection (p)(2) of section 842, shall be 
>     fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or 
>     both.''; and
>       (4) in subsection (j), by striking ``and (i)'' and 
>     inserting ``(i), and (p)''.
>
>-Thomas
>
>Thomas Edwards          The Sync
>thomas@thesync.com      Video for the Net Generation 
>http://www.thesync.com  312 Laurel Avenue
>1.301.438.7281          Laurel, MD 20707
> 

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