It is. The book is available under the creative common license. Rules for ITAR and security procedures where ridiculous candidates are treated guilty until proven innocent kill the system. The calculation is explained beautifully by Doctorow in his "false positives" section.
I read a couple of chapters after pdf download and then bought the hardback to provide support (and I love books).
73 Bob N4HY
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-----Original Message----- From: Greg D. ko6th_greg@hotmail.com Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:21:21 To: rwmcgwier@gmail.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: Understanding ITAR
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 07:14:42 -0400 From: rwmcgwier@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Understanding ITAR
I want everyone seeing this to read a book. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is a book aimed at late teens to young adults. This is irrelevant. It is a must read for anyone who doesn't understand the nature of the problems. It is a DEVASTATING treatment of several current event topics, including anti-terrorism approaches, internet privacy, and more.
If anyone's interested, the complete text appears to be available from Cory on the Web:
http://craphound.com/littlebrother/Cory_Doctorow_-_Little_Brother.htm
I assume this is the work you are referring to... Haven't read past the introduction, but it looks interesting.
Greg KO6TH
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