US Govt Repression of proffr."Possible threat to US security."

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http://www.uwm.edu/~davida/

US GOVT SUPRESSES COMPUTER SECURITY INVENTION-"Threat to US security."

Milwaukee-george Davida,proffr at the university of wisconsin at 
Milwaulkee,faces 2 years in
prison and a 10,000$ fine if he discloses the results of his independent 
invention a computer
security device.According to the US Commerce Dept,Davidas invention could 
become a threat to
US security.
According to the university's assistant chancellor,frank Cassell,Davida 
devaloped "a very simple
machine that solves a big problem,the security of computers,keeping 
unauthorized persons from
getting into records.
"The whole thing is shocking,"said Cassell,of the Govts intervention."It 
could mean that every
proffr will live in fear of his research being repressed if someone in the 
federal govt see's
fit to do so.
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