via Wired's Kim Zetter, comes reportage, detailing the proposed ban on bitwise munitions, in this case, the United State's attempts at the utilization of the Wassenaar Arrangement as a foundational source for all things bannable, particularly systems, code, applications, and research in the information security realm...

Evidently, certain interested parties missed that day in law school when the discussion turned to the prohibition of the export of PGP, and the jailing of Phil Zimmermann, including the miniscule effect that effort had on the acquisition of the bits by parties unknown... History - apparently - does offer a repeatable repast.