The lead attorney in Dan Bernstein's challenge to the US export controls on cryptography is Cindy Cohn, a partner at McGlashan & Sarrail of San Mateo, CA. She will testify on the constitutionality of export controls (and proposed domestic controls) on cryptography, before the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights. The hearing will begin at 10AM (Washington, DC time) on Tuesday, March 17. The hearing will be cybercast in real-time, and will also be archived, at: http://www.computerprivacy.org (Scroll down to the "Encryption hearing to be cybercast" link.) Copies of Cindy's written testimony will be available on Tuesday from the EFF Web site; see http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/ITAR_export/Bernstein_case/ I hope you can attend. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has not yet ruled on the government's appeal in our case. They hope to overturn our Federal District Court case, in which all current export controls on cryptographic source code were declared unconstitutional. We expect a ruling within the next several months. John Gilmore Electronic Frontier Foundation Here are further details, courtesy of Alan Davidson of CDT, <abd@cdt.org>: (1) Senate Committee To Hold Encryption Hearing March 17 Constitutional law experts, industry representatives, and the attorney in a case challenging U.S. encryption regulations will testify on encryption policy before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights Subcommittee on Tuesday, March 17. The hearing, "to examine privacy in the digital age, focusing on encryption and mandatory access issues", is scheduled for 10:00 am in the Senate's Dirksen Office Bldg., Rm. 226. Among the hearing highlights: Two well-respected legal scholars, Professor Kathleen Sullivan of Stanford Law School and Professor Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago, will outline the major constitutional concerns raised by domestic encryption controls and other policies to regulate encryption. Expected witnesses include: Panel 1: Rep. Robert Goodlatte (R-VA) Panel 2: Robert Litt, Department of Justice Panel 3: Tom Parenty, Sybase Bill Wiedemann, RedCreek Communications Representative of Law Enforcement Association of America Panel 4: Kathleen Sullivan, Stanford Law School Richard Epstein, U. of Chicago Law School Cindy Cohn, McGlashan & Sarrail Tim Casey, MCI