Return-Path: <sentto-279987-5126-1028691354-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:37:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 4479 invoked by uid 510); 7 Aug 2002 03:34:39 -0000 Received: from n31.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.99) by all.net with SMTP; 7 Aug 2002 03:34:39 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-5126-1028691354-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.195] by n31.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Aug 2002 03:35:54 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 7 Aug 2002 03:35:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 50966 invoked from network); 7 Aug 2002 03:35:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 7 Aug 2002 03:35:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Aug 2002 03:35:54 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g773a5r24616 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 20:36:05 -0700 Message-Id: <200208070336.g773a5r24616@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 20:36:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Congress.Warns.on.Fast.Computer.Exports] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=SUPERLONG_LINE,DIFFERENT_REPLY_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Congress Warns on Fast Computer Exports Mon Aug 5, 6:06 PM ET By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House should have conducted a more thorough review before allowing U.S. technology firms to sell high-speed computers to Russia, China, India and countries in the Middle East, according to a congressional report released on Monday. The Bush administration relied too heavily on the opinions of computer makers and did not adequately consider national security issues when it eased Cold War-era restrictions on supercomputer exports last January, the report said, enabling "countries of concern" to more easily design advanced nuclear weapons, aircraft and other weapons. Congress may need to step in to ensure that the government is thinking through the issue thoroughly, said the General Accounting Office ( news <<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/nm/tc_nm/inlinks/*http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22General%0AAccounting%20Office%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=ne ws&cs=nw">http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/nm/tc_nm/inlinks/*http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22General%0AAccounting%20Office%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw> - web <<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/nm/tc_nm/inlinks/*http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=General%20Accounting%20Office">http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/nm/tc_nm/inlinks/*http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyN ews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=General%20Accounting%20Office> sites), Congress' investigative arm. "Since the report's conclusions are based on inadequate information provided by the computer industry and an inadequate assessment of national security issues, the decision to raise the export control threshold is analytically weak and appears to be premature, given market conditions," the report said. The Commerce and State departments, which were involved in the review, disagreed with the report. The Defense Department said it was reviewing the matter. The Senate passed a bill last year that would have effectively removed the speed limits, but House Armed Services Committee, newly concerned about national security after Sept. 11, approved a bill in March that would strengthen these requirements. The U.S. government has since 1979 sought to limit the sale of supercomputers capable of complex three-dimensional modeling, calculating fluid dynamics and other advanced applications in an attempt to slow the spread of nuclear arms. Manufacturers need to get U.S. permission before selling supercomputers to a group of nations, which includes Pakistan, Israel and Vietnam. Exports to U.S. allies such as Canada, Mexico and all of Western Europe do not face such restrictions, while sales to other countries such as North Korea ( news <<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/nm/tc_nm/inlinks/*http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22North%20Korea%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/nm/tc_nm/inlinks/*http://rd.yahoo.com/Daily News/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22North%20Korea%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw> - web <<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/nm/tc_nm/inlinks/*http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=North%20Korea">http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/nm/tc_nm/inlinks/*http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http ://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=North%20Korea</a> sites), Iraq and Syria are banned outright. Computer manufacturers have pushed to abandon or change the limits, pointing out that other nations have been happy to sell such supercomputers to Russia, China and other lucrative markets. The government has raised its speed limit as microprocessor technology has advanced over the years, and the Bush administration more than doubled it last January, from 85,000 Millions of Theoretical Operations Per Second, or MTOPS, to 190,000 MTOPS. A typical home computer now sold in retail stores is capable of roughly 2,100 MTOPS. The Bush administration said at the time the move was necessary because advanced microprocessors sold by Intel Corp. . that approached these speeds would soon be widely available, making enforcement all but impossible. But the GAO report found that only one company, Unisys Corp. , currently sold systems which included the advanced processors. The Commerce and State departments said MTOPS limits on individual computers could easily be circumvented by advances in computer networking and that other measurements would be more effective. The State Department said that while there were some gaps in the study it did not invalidate January's decision. An Intel spokesman was not immediately available for comment. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Will You Find True Love? Will You Meet the One? Free Love Reading by phone! http://us.click.yahoo.com/it_ffB/R_ZEAA/Ey.GAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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