Re: White House crypto proposal -- too little, too late

On Tue, 1 Oct 1996 20:50:17 -0700, John Anonymous MacDonald wrote:
"What?" I asked. "Unless you're talking about import restrictions."
"Exactly," he said.
-Declan
I don't doubt that they can do this if they really want to, but I wonder what legal basis they will use for import restrictions.
Are there any current import restrictions for products on can legally manufacture, sell, and use in the United States?
Thanks.
They could easily levy a $1*10^99 tariff per byte. That might have the same effect... <g> # Chris Adams <adamsc@io-online.com> | http://www.io-online.com/adamsc/adamsc.htp # <cadams@acucobol.com> | send mail with subject "send PGPKEY" "That's our advantage at Microsoft; we set the standards and we can change them." --- Karen Hargrove, Microsoft (quoted in the Feb 1993 Unix Review editorial)
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