IP: U.S. State Dept. on Internet Embargo

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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>Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 16:33:34 -0400
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>From: Ari Schwartz <ari@cdt.org>
>Subject: Fwd: U.S. State Dept. on Internet Embargo
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> >¶   RUBIN: It is no longer going to be muddy when I'm finished with you.
> >¶   QUESTION: Good. Good. And I may have a follow up depending on what your
> >answer is.
> >¶   RUBIN: We are aware of press reports that the executive order passed two
> >weeks ago limits Internet access to the population of the Federal Republic
> >of Yugoslavia, and there is no truth to allegations that we are attempting
> >to cut off the flow of information to Serbia.
> >¶   While the executive order proscribes commerce with the Federal Republic
> >of Yugoslavia -- that is proscribes -- in a range of areas, information and
> >access to information are exempted from such sanctions. In fact, full and
> >open access to the Internet can only help the Serbian people know the ugly
> >truth about the atrocities and crimes against humanity being perpetrated in
> >Kosovo by the Milosevic regime.
> >¶   The Serbian people deserve to access independent and objective
> >information, whether by the Internet or other media. We encourage the people
> >of Serbia to use the Internet and other open media to challenge the
> >misinformation they are receiving from the Milosevic press within the
> >Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
> >
> >
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>Ari Schwartz
>Policy Analyst
>Center for Democracy and Technology
>1634 Eye Street NW, Suite 1100
>Washington, DC 20006
>202 637 9800
>fax 202 637 0968
>ari@cdt.org
>http://www.cdt.org
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