re organized lobbying for cryptography in article apr husc harvard edu kubo zariski harvard edu tal kubo writes having mentioned the possible dangers of unwelcome political associations i would be remiss not to suggest something in the opposite direction gathering the support of the nra by emphasizing the rkba side of the issue as well as the first amendment side tal kubo math harvard edu hmmm this gave me an interesting idea how about this argument second amendment gives us the right to keep and bear arms strong cryptography is arms according to the u s government that s why it s so hard to export therefore we have a constituitional right to strong cryptography q e d however it s likely to be as hard or harder to exercise this right as it is getting to exercise the other rights that the government is slowly restricting maybe the nra would be the best existing organization although i think a new one might be better but perhaps would take too long to start up i would certainly join from the electronic desk of bob langford health sciences computing fax virginia commonwealth university e mail langford gems vcu edu or langford vcuvax for bitnet
