[Excerpt from CATO Update, 20 Sept. 1999:]
The Cato Institute released a new Cato Briefing Paper, "Strong
Cryptography: The Global Tide of Change," as the Clinton
administration was announcing a relaxation in controls on the export
of encryption technology. In the paper, Arnold G. Reinhold writes that
for years the U.S. government has struggled unsuccessfully to control
the export of encryption. Those ineffectual controls adversely affect
the competitive position of the U.S. software industry and national
security. Despite the controls, powerful encryption products are
increasingly available around the world.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-051es.html
