Re: Taking crypto out of the U.S.

[dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)]

Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li> writes:

> On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
>
> > > >> Soon I am going to be going overseas to Japan, and I want to take
> > > >> my notebook with me so I can keep up with everything, however, I have
> > > >> encrypted my hard drive and usually encrypt my mail.  Is this in
> > > >> violation of the ITAR to keep everything the same when I go over?
> >
> > Gentlemen, us customs does not give shit about what you take out
> > on your diskettes.
> >
> > When I went to Russia recenty, I took PGP for DOS, and no one gave
> > me any problem.
> >
> > IANAL
>
> Obviously not, you've just confessed to a felony.

And I've just forwarded Igor's confession to the Right Reverend
Colin James III.

Looks like we've got our ITAR test case. :-)

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