Re: Bizdos citizenship?

[Andrew.Spring@ping.be (Andrew Spring)]

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>In correspondence with someone outside the US regarding ITAR regulations,
the remark was made that Jim Bizdos was Greek and not a U.S. citizen.  Is
this statement in the same class as an Elvis sighting?  Or if it is true,
what impact would ITAR have on foreign nationals working for a US company
involved with export restricted crypto?
>
>Please don't get carried away and turn this into a Net rumor.  I'm just
curious if anyone on the list can confirm or deny the citizenship comment.

Jim Bidzos is a US Permanent Resident Alien and Greek citizen.  He has a
Green Card.  It doesn't have any ITAR impact, since the ITAR term 'Foreign
Person' doesn't include Green Carded Resident Aliens.

It probably wouldn't have any impact anyway, since he's a business weenie,
and not a software weenie.  Now, if he had a _programmer_ that wasn't a US
Citizen, that would be a-whole-nother kettle of fish.

He's previously stated that he would become a US Citizen, if it were not for
the fact that Greece would require him to give up his Greek (and hence his
EC) citizenship.  See Simson Garfinkle's book on PGP for more details.
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