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In message <1993Jan3.193639.1398#netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com
(David Sternlight) said:
-> Jim Lynch says that if jano patokallio has diplomatic immunity he
-> can do anything.
-> 
-> Not without consequences. Though I make no comment about PGP, in
-> general he can be declared persona non grata and expelled. This
-> can have both personal and professional consequences.

Agreed.  Also, the laws of Finland and the US are basically similar,
the odds are that a crime here is a crime in Finland and I can be tried
there for it.

-> As to PGP, it is in the realm of possibility that if the U.S.
-> Government wished and knew about it, he can be accused of
-> espionage and expelled. 

It is also in the realm of possibility that a meteorite will crash
through my house right now, but it is rather unlikely.  I also doubt
very greatly that I would be expelled for a civil case.   However, one of 
my four questions was that if I have PGP imported from Europe, can I use it
legally in my house here?  (Which evidently is extraterritorial, thanks
David!)  If my persona, my belongings, and my communications are inviolable
according to international law, it would seem so.

-> If he is not an intelligence person this
-> can be quite damaging, and if he is and under cover, this will
-> "tag" him, making his cover useless in future in the U.S. and
-> in some other countries (if the U.S. has information sharing
-> arrangements with those countries).

If I was under cover I would not post about it on the net.  Besides,
to my knowledge the Finnish Government has not employed spies since
World War II.

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Jani Patokallio                  |  "Ignorance is the soil in which belief
acc1bbs!jani.patokallio@ssr.com  |   in miracles grows."  -R. G. Ingersoll

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