edited by DJB, 930722, for the public record

[address]

14 July 1993



ATTN: A. A. Henderson

201 13th Street Suite 105

Oakland, CA 94612



Dear Mr. Henderson:

Let me express my sincere gratitude
to you and to Congressman Dellums for your
letter of 24 May to Richard A. Clarke of the State Department.

I am pleased to report that, in a letter dated 27 May and postmarked
1 June, Clyde Bryant responded to my letters from March and April.
Unfortunately he did not answer a single one of my questions,
but I sent a followup letter on 30 June to William Robinson,
who did respond in a timely fashion to
some of my questions.

Please note that the State Department is engaging in unconstitutional
censorship of material which I privately developed and which I wish to
publish.
What you are witnessing is a battle over the First Amendment.
I believe that Mr. Bryant was reluctant to respond to my questions 
because he knows that his office is acting in violation of the Bill of 
Rights. Both Mr. Bryant and Mr. Robinson failed to answer this question: 
``Does ITAR exert prior restraint on otherwise lawful publication?''

Enclosed for your records are copies of the letters I sent in March and
April, a copy of Mr. Bryant's response, a copy of my followup
letter, and an unofficial copy of Mr. Robinson's response.
(As I am currently on vacation I have not seen
the original of Mr. Robinson's response,
but he also faxed it to me,
and I have enclosed a copy of the fax.)

Thank you again for your help.

Sincerely,


Daniel J. Bernstein