In message Sat, 17 Sep 1994 17:41:26 -0700, blancw@{pylon|microsoft}.com writes:

. Violation It is so telling, that legal documents on crime will always state that violations are of "section 351, 844 (f) or (i), 1114, 1116, 1203, 1361, 1363, 1751, 2280, 2281, 2331, or 2339", or a violation of "this or any other Federal criminal law".

This is the usual obfuscation that your congresscritters prefer. It is interesting to compare that with the approach used when the Feds are serious. I just received a DoD clearance after filling in my life's history, fingerprints, financial report, etc., waiting for the folks to check out if I lied, etc. Before it became active, I was handed a stack of papers with all the applicable codes and sections, and told to read them. They had the usual things that you'd expect, the penalty for treason is death or life in jail, $30,000 fine for this or that minor crime, warnings about disclosing "codebooks and ciphers", etc. Then they hand you another form that says you read the stack. There is no way that I can claim that I didn't know exposing classified information is bad. The crime bill that you and Tim quote looks to me to be just another place for selective enforcement. Pat ob crypto: none, or little, even if the phrases "codebook or cipher" was scattered throughout the stack of chapters and verses. Pat Farrell Grad Student pfarrell@cs.gmu.edu Department of Computer Science George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Public key availble via finger #include <standard.disclaimer>