Zimmermann interrogated without counsel

[Matt Blaze]

>There was supposed to be an exemption for temporary export of
>cryptography by US citizens for personal use overseas. At least it was
>announced last spring by Martha Harris at the State Dept.
>
>There's some confusion about whether the exemption ever actually took
>effect; the current consensus appears to be that it has not. So I
>guess you still have to go through the formality.
>
>Phil
>

According to our export guy (and also someone I spoke with at NIST)
that exemption is not yet in effect.

-matt