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EPIC Alert — Charges Dropped Against Phil Zimmermann

Bibliographic Metadata

• Author or issuing body: Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Publication date: 1996-01-11
• Source type: Advocacy alert / secondary reporting
• URL: https://archive.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_3.01.html
• Archive URL: None recorded
• Access date: 2026-07-19

Reliability Notes

EPIC Alert summarizes a U.S. Attorney declination letter closing the PGP investigation. Secondary source; the underlying declination should be corroborated with court or prosecutor records where possible.

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• PERSON-EBEN-MOGLEN
• PERSON-PHIL-ZIMMERMANN

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• Last verified: 2026-07-19
• Publication date: 1996-01-11
• Access date: 2026-07-19