John Young wrote:

We've prepared a hyperlinked version of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to assist analysis, evaluation and commentary on interim rules for encryption export: It's sobering to study the EAR and see the lethal weapons to which encryption is wed -- the most mass-murderous of high-technology calmly described as commercial warfare for the commonweal.

When you consider the censorship-prone mindsets of many of the private-security-employed cypherpunks, it kinda makes sense, yes? Think about those Israeli tank rounds, exploding into hundreds of little steel arrows designed to rip flesh apart, and then analogize to the possibilities for technically capable encryption users....