US DoJ Zimmermann Press Release

["Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>]

>From Mike Godwin and Stanton McCandlish. Transcribed from fax.

-Declan

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 [logo]                                        United States Attorney
                                      Northern District of California
 
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                         San Jose Office                   (408) 535-5061
                         280 South First Street, Suite 371
                         San Jose, California 95113       FAX: (408) 535-5066
 
 
                             PRESS RELEASE
 
 
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 January 11, 1995
 
 
 
        Michael J. Yamaguchi, United States Attorney for the
 
 Norther District of California, announced today that his office
 
 has declined prosectution of any individuals in connection with 
 
 the posting to USENET in June 1991 of the encryption program
 
 known as "Pretty Good Privacy."  The investigation has been 
 
 closed.  No further comment will be made by the U.S. Attorney's 
 
 office on the reasons for declination.
 
        Assistant U.S. Attorney William P. Keane of the U.S.
 
 Attorney's Office in San Jose at (408) 535-5053 oversaw the 
 
 government's investigation of the case.
 
 
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