Some government officials are trying to ban FLOSS cryptography

I like the reply: "Meanwhile, this may be worth knowing: The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan does not set DOJ policy nor make laws."

A total reversal. From a ban on export to a ban on import in 25 years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy

They should print the source code and publish it in a book.

And there's also the Burr-Feinstein bill which was leaked: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/burr-feinstein-proposal-simply-anti-security.

(Also, how do you even ban the export/import of software?)