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(a snippet from) Edupage, 18 June 1999 (fwd)

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Date:          Fri, 18 Jun 1999 16:53:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:          "P.J. Ponder" <ponder@freenet.tlh.fl.us>
To:            cryptography@c2.net
Subject:       (a snippet from) Edupage, 18 June 1999 (fwd)


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PANEL VOTES TO RESTRICT SCRAMBLING TECHNOLOGIES
The House Commerce telecommunications subcommittee has approved a
measure to prohibit the export of encryption technologies that would
be used to aid drug trafficking, sexual exploitation, and organized
crime.  The provisions were added to an existing House bill that would
allow the export of encryption products that are already on the market
in foreign countries.  The existing bill already restricted exports of
products that would be used to aid terrorism or unauthorized military
use, but the amendments added new categories to the list that critics
say are much too broad. "The Mafia uses automobiles to make their
getaways," says Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.).  "We don't want to ban
automobiles." (Baltimore Sun 06/17/99)

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