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- From: djb@silverton.berkeley.edu (D. J. Bernstein)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security.pgp,alt.security.ripem,misc.legal.computing
- Subject: Not illegal to import PGP into U.S.!
- Message-ID: <4655.Jan2305.28.2793@silverton.berkeley.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 05:28:27 GMT
- References: <1993Jan23.030558.4357@netcom.com>
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- In article <1993Jan23.030558.4357@netcom.com>,
- in a silly attempt to show that ITAR prevents the import of PGP into the U.S.,
- strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
- > 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).
-
- Yes, Sternlight. Why don't you read the law you're quoting?
-
- ITAR covers *permanent* exports, *temporary* exports, and *temporary*
- imports. *Permanent* imports are under Treasury control.
-
- The regulations above talk about (a) *temporary* exports, under DTC,
- (b) *temporary* imports, under DTC, (c) *permanent* imports, under the
- Department of the Treasury.
-
- For PGP we're talking about *permanent* imports. ITAR doesn't apply.
- Treasury Department regulations do.
-
- ---Dan
-