Mirror of new export control regulations
Because it appears that the whitehouse URL changes daily for press releases, I've put a link to a copy of the text of the rules at the top of my homepage. You can also skip straight to it at: http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/nov96-regs.htm A. Michael Froomkin | +1 (305) 284-4285; +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) Associate Professor of Law | U. Miami School of Law | froomkin@law.miami.edu P.O. Box 248087 | http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA | It's warm here.
At 9:10 PM -0500 11/15/96, Alan Davidson wrote:
It gets even more interesting. In addition to signing today's Executive Order on encryption, the President also designated Ambassador David L. Aaron as the new "Special Envoy for Cryptography." (Really, I'm not making this up.)
Could this be the same David Aaron who writes thriller novels about nuclear terrorism? (I don't know that it is, by the way, nor am I making a joke. A David Aaron, with also diplomatic ties, wrote at least one fine thriller some years back. If he's the crypto czar, he can probably spin an appropriately scary story to tell the recalcitrant Third Worlders he'll be dealing with...countries like France, Britain, etc.) --Tim May "The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology." [NYT, 1996-10-02] We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1,257,787-1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
Looks like a trend. In his day job, U.S. Army Maj. Ralph Peters is a strategist for the White House Drug czar. In his spare time, he is a best-selling novelist - a kind of thinking man's Tom Clancy - whose previous five books have sales totaling at least a million copies world-wide. [...H]is next novel, "Twilight of the Heroes," to be published next month (Avon, 464 pages, $6.50), is a sharp critique of the U.S. war against drug smuggling from South America. [...Peters says] a lot is going right in U.S. drug policy nowadays, which he calls "a disaster" before Gen. McCaffrey took over. [...] Using fiction, he says, lets him speak to a wider audience: "If I had written a clinical study of drug policy, it might have sold 2,000 copies." [...] - WSJ, 11/12/96, review by T.E. Ricks, Pentagon Correspondent In his day job, by the way, Maj. Peters authors articles arguing for assassination of drug criminals and such. Much more efficient than bothering with evidence, trials, and such nuisances. bd On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
At 9:10 PM -0500 11/15/96, Alan Davidson wrote:
It gets even more interesting. In addition to signing today's Executive Order on encryption, the President also designated Ambassador David L. Aaron as the new "Special Envoy for Cryptography." (Really, I'm not making this up.)
Could this be the same David Aaron who writes thriller novels about nuclear terrorism?
(I don't know that it is, by the way, nor am I making a joke. A David Aaron, with also diplomatic ties, wrote at least one fine thriller some years back. If he's the crypto czar, he can probably spin an appropriately scary story to tell the recalcitrant Third Worlders he'll be dealing with...countries like France, Britain, etc.)
--Tim May
"The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology." [NYT, 1996-10-02] We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1,257,787-1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
It gets even more interesting. In addition to signing today's Executive Order on encryption, the President also designated Ambassador David L. Aaron as the new "Special Envoy for Cryptography." (Really, I'm not making this up.) According to the White House, this Special Envoy will have "responsibility to promote the growth of electronic commerce and robust, secure global communications in a manner that protects the public safety and national security. . . . Ambassador Aaron will promote international cooperation, coordinate U.S. contacts with foreign governments on encryption matters and provide a focal point for identifying and resolving bilateral and multilateral encryption issues." CDT's Web site also has the text of the President's Executive Order, Presidential Memorandum on Encryption Export Policy, and letter to Congress, at http://www.cdt.org/crypto/clipper311 The White House Crypto Envoy press release should be posted there shortly. What happens next? According to the Administration, we can expect two new Rules -- one from the State Department, transferring its jurisdiction to Commerce; and one from the Commerce Department, spelling out exactly how it will approve products for export, what the requirements for approved key recovery centers and key recovery plans will look like, etc. That last rule is where the rubber really hits the road. We'll finally have a chance to talk concretely about whether the Administration's key recovery/export control policy meets the privacy needs of computer users. Hopefully there will be a comment period for concerned parties to make their views known... Alan Davidson, Staff Counsel 202.637.9800 (v) Center for Democracy and Technology 202.637.0968 (f) 1634 Eye St. NW, Suite 1100 <abd@cdt.org> Washington, DC 20006 PGP key via finger
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