British Telecom merger with MCI

[The Deviant]

On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Peter D. Junger wrote:

> 
> Has anyone figured out how this merger can work, particularly when
> British Telecom will be the surviving party, when those MCI employees
> concerned with the security of communications will not be able to
> disclose any cryptographic software or technical data to their
> employer, or to their ``foreign'' bosses and colleagues, without first
> getting permission from the Office of Defense Trade Controls under
> the ITAR?
> 

Crypto developed within a company can be revealed to other parts of the
company, and GB is an ally of the US -- Nobody's going to say anything
when they _do_ "violate" the ITAR

 --Deviant
The world is not octal despite DEC.