Martin Minow wrote:
<http://www.sjmercury.com/breaking/headline2/072738.htm>
Posted at 12:26 a.m. PDT Wednesday, August 26, 1998
Programmer on hot seat for posting encryption software BY K. OANH HAMercury News Staff
''Writer A Sunnyvale software programmer who posted strong encryption software on the Internet faces a grand jury hearing today to determine whether he should stand trial for violating federal export laws.Charles Booher, 39, said he's within his constitutional rights to ``express himself'' by posting the data-scrambling software, which is three times stronger than a current government standard. If indicted, Booher's case would represent the fourth legal challenge in seven years to the federal government's curb on exporting encryption technology. The case is
It would be interesting to know how the grand jury determines the 'three' in 'three times stronger'. M. K. Shen