Re: Pro-CODE Bill

The following provision also causes me some doubts about exactly what will be allowed for export: (B) Exception.--The Secretary shall prohibit the export or reexport of particular software and computer hardware described in this subsection to an identified individual or organization in a specific foreign country if the Secretary determines that there is substantial evidence that such software and computer hardware will be-- (iv) intentionally used to evade enforcement of United States law or taxation by the United States or by any State or local government. which could be construed to cover anonymous remailers, fully anonymous digital cash, anything set up to verify gambling fairness, and various other things of interest to Cypherpunks (including the use of PGP by, say, a drug "kingpin"). Admittedly, the "identified individual or organization in a specific foreign country" will help in limiting this application. -Allen
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E. Allen Smith