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Declan B. McCullagh typed:
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> Excerpted from a message to fight-censorship. For the full thread, check out:
>
> http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/fight-censorship/dl?thread
> =The+Leahy+Crypto+Bill+is+Rancid+Sausage&after=1795&type=short
>
> (On one line, of course.)
>
> -Declan
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message begins here ----------
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> From: Stanton McCandlish <[email protected]>
> Message-Id: <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] (Declan B. McCullagh)
> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 19:15:09 -0800 (PST)
> Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
> [email protected]
>
>
> [...]
>
> As our statement on the bill made clear, *EFF does not support the Leahy
> bill*, nor do we endorse it, like it, find it useful or any other synonym.
> We're happy to see the issues raise again, a la Cantwell, but we
raised
> specifically recommended simple and complete deregulation. As our
> co-founder John Gilmore points out, the Leahy bill as written
> pre-supposes Congressional authority to legislate in this are, and
area
> Executive authority to regulate under that legislation. These are notions
> that we, and Phil Karn, are challenging in court with Constitutional
> tests we are throwing at the ITAR export regs.
>
> [...]
>
>
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