re what would happen if export restrictions violated in article apr yuma acns colostate edu holland cs colostate edu douglas craig holland writes ok i heard a lot of talk about the nsa s infamous control over encryption export through the itar here s a question say i develop this great new encryption system and i want to sell my software worldwide the thought police then come in and say this algorithm is a threat to national security you will not be permitted to export it at this point what kind of trouble could i get into if i ignored the itar and sold my program to international customers anyway doug holland you would be arrested as an international arms trafficker bruce
