26 August 1997
Source: Mail list cypherpunks@toad.com

See John Gilmore's "brag" at: http://jya.com/bernstein3.htm

    To: cypherpunks@toad.com
    Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 10:03:11 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
    Subject: Stewart Baker on Bernstein encryption decision (fwd)

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    Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 10:02:09 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
    To: fight-censorship-announce@vorlon.mit.edu
    Subject: Stewart Baker on Bernstein encryption decision

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    Date: Tue, 26 Aug 97 11:51:37 EST
    From: Stewart Baker <sbaker@mail.steptoe.com>
    To: fight-censorship-announce@vorlon.mit.edu, declan@well.com
    Subject: Re: FC: John Gilmore to cypherpunks on Bernstein decision

    Declan--

    John is entitled to brag about the Bernstein decision, but getting the
    Department of State to "RWA" all of its pending license applications is nothing
    to brag about.  It cost a lot of companies a lot of money, time, and sales while
    they resubmitted the same applications to the Commerce Department.

    I said at the time that State's advice to crypto exporters in those last few
    weeks was "Get your tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you good-bye."

    Perhaps the cause of this action was the lawsuit, perhaps it was spite at the
    crypto exporters who lobbied for a change in jurisdiction, but whatever the
    cause, it was not a good thing for anybody who is actually in the crypto
    business.

    Stewart

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    Subject: FC: John Gilmore to cypherpunks on Bernstein decision
    Author:  declan@well.com at INTERNET
    Date:    8/26/97 10:38 AM