IEEE embargo and and DARPA IAO shutdown (not related!)

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:30:55 -0400
From: "James P.G. Sterbenz" <jpgs () ieee org>
Subject: IEEE embargo and and DARPA IAO shutdown (not related!)
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To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
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Dave,

1.  I assume you've seen that congress has shut down the IAO office at DARPA?

2.  After being outraged at the IEEE policy to foreign scientists and sending
a protest email to the IEEE president and making some phone calls, I've
learned that things aren't quite as bad as the _Science_ article portrays.
IEEE is actively trying to fight this.  You might want to point IP readers
to http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/newsinfo/Adlerletter.pdf which is
an open letter from the IEEE president, Michael S. Adler.  Its not nearly
as strong as I'd like to see, but is a start at conveying to IEEE membership
what is going on.

I'm also told that the OFAC decision is due to IEEE *today*.

Cheers,
James


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