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- From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
- Subject: Illegal to import PGP into U.S.!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.030558.4357@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 03:05:58 GMT
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- Here is the law which covers imports as well as exports of crypto materials
- to and from the U.S.:
- 123.2 Imports.
-
- No defense article may be imported into the United States unless (a)
- it was previously exported temporarily under a license issued by the
- Office of Munitions Control; or (b) it constitutes a temporary
- import/intransit shipment licensed under Section 123.3; or (c) its
- import is authorized by the Department of the Treasury (see 27 CFR
- parts 47, 178, and 179).
-
- Further, Part 127 - Violations and Penalties - states in 127.1 (a):
-
- (a) It is unlawful
- (1) to export or to attempt to export from the United States
- any defense article or technical data or to furnish any
- defense service for which a license or written approval
- is required by this subchapter without first obtaining
- the required license or written approval from the Office
- of Munitions Control;
- (2) to import or attempt to import any defense article whenever
- a license is required by this subchapter without first
- obtaining the required license or written approval from
- the Office of Munitions Control;
-
-
- 125.2 Exports of unclassified technical data.
-
- Paragraph (c) reads:
-
- (c) Disclosures. Unless otherwise expressly exempted in this
- subchapter, a license is required for the oral, visual, or documentary
- disclosure of technical data to foreign nationals in connection with
- visits by U.S. persons to foreign countries, visits by foreign persons
- to the United States, or otherwise. A license is required regardless
- of the manner in which the technical data is transmitted (e.g., in
- person, by telephone, correspondence, electronic means, telex, etc.).
-
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