Rich Graves writes: : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- : : On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, Mark M. wrote: : > On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, Tom Weinstein wrote: : > : > > Why not consider what the consequences will be? Do you seriously : > > believe that this will make the government stop enforcing ITAR? : > : > The government has yet to enforce ITAR. The only thing they have been doin : g : > is threatening companies who make products with strong crypto. If anyone w : as : > ever actually put on trial for a violation of ITAR, it would almost certain : ly : > be found to be unconstitutional. : : So do it. None of this anonymous bullshit, or trying to drag Netscape into : it. : : I'd donate whatever I could to a Cypherpunk Legal Defense Fund. We only need : one volunteer with a lot of time on his/her hands. : Fortunately one does not have to be prosecuted to test the constitutionality of the ITAR as they apply to cryptography: the Bernstein and Karn cases have already been brought and at least one other is in the pipeline. But no one seems to be setting up a Legal Attack Fund to support such litigation. Perhaps some of those active on the cypherpunks list would be interested in creating and supporting such a fund. One would hope that those corporate interests who keep complaining about how the ITAR cut into their potential profits would be willing to contribute. -- Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH Internet: junger@pdj2-ra.f-remote.cwru.edu junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu