-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 9:17 AM Subject: FC: Senate bans some bomb making info from the Internet Remember that Sen. Feinstein has been at this for years: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,592,00.html http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,14079,00.html -Declan >Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 00:33:54 -0400 (EDT) >From: Thomas Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: no bomb making info for the Net, thanks to "trenchcoat hysteria" > > >Declan, > > Dang, after caving on gun control, this little freedom of speech >thing is nothing big. > >Senate blasts bomb-making info on Net >By Courtney Macavinta >Staff Writer, CNET News.com >May 19, 1999, 1 p.m. PT >URL: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,36785,00.html > >Distributing bomb-making information on the Net would be illegal in most >cases under Senate legislation being debated in the wake of the killings >at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and a rash of subsequent >threats at campuses around the country. >Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 18:09:37 -0400 (EDT) >From: Thomas Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Bomb teaching amendment language > >Declan, > > Interestingly enough, you can't read about the bomb info amendment >on Thomas, but you have to sneak over to the GPO and read it in the >Congressional Record. Sec. 402 is part of Amendment S.AMDT.353 to S.254, >agreed to by an 85-13 vote >(http://www.senate.gov/legislative/vote1061/vote_00123.html). BTW, >S.AMDT.351 (sponsored by Sen Allard) also added to S.254 routes around the >first Amendment by OKing religious observances of school violence >memorials. > >Here is the language of the bomb teaching amendment: > >SEC. 402. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN > INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE > DEVICES, AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. > > (a) Unlawful Conduct.--Section 842 of title 18, United > States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: > ``(p) Distribution of Information Relating to Explosives, > Destructive Devices, and Weapons of Mass Destruction.-- > ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection: > ``(A) The term `destructive device' has the same meaning as > in section 921(a)(4). > ``(B) The term `explosive' has the same meaning as in > section 844(j). > ``(C) The term `weapon of mass destruction' has the same > meaning as in section 2332a(c)(2). > ``(2) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any person-- > ``(A) to teach or demonstrate the making or use of an > explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass > destruction, or to distribute by any means information > pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or use of > an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass > destruction, with the intent that the teaching, > demonstration, or information be used for, or in furtherance > of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime of violence; > or > ``(B) to teach or demonstrate to any person the making or > use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of > mass destruction, or to distribute to any person, by any > means, information pertaining to, in whole or in part, the > manufacture or use of an explosive, destructive device, or > weapon of mass destruction, knowing that such person intends > to use the teaching, demonstration, or information for, or in > furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime > of violence.''. > (b) Penalties.--Section 844 of title 18, United States > Code, is amended-- > (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``person who violates > any of subsections'' and inserting the following: ``person > who-- > ``(1) violates any of subsections''; > (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; > and''; > (3) by adding at the end the following: > ``(2) violates subsection (p)(2) of section 842, shall be > fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or > both.''; and > (4) in subsection (j), by striking ``and (i)'' and > inserting ``(i), and (p)''. > >-Thomas > >Thomas Edwards The Sync >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Video for the Net Generation >http://www.thesync.com 312 Laurel Avenue >1.301.438.7281 Laurel, MD 20707 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. 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