NASA Contractor Arrested for Espionage. NTRS taken Offline

[QuantumG]

It was not classified (many NTRS documents were once classified, but had subsequently been declassified).

.. and? It's irrelevant to whether something contains exportable material or not.

It was not export restricted.

Cool, you have the legal paperwork to back that up of course, right?

It was freely available.   Until now.   

That's not evidence that it didn't fall under ITAR. The law is written such that it probably does and NASA was just breaking the law by making it available.

This thread just keeps going around in circles. We all know it's a horrible law.. what's the point of throwing out example after example?

[QuantumG]

Do you really believe that NASA broke laws with NTRS?

I already said they did above.

I don't.

Good for you.

This document in particular cannot possibly violate any export law.  Read it.

Again, you have the legal paperwork to back that up right?

[Chris Bergin]

This is just silly now.

Locked.