1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21616September 10, 2003Bomb-Making Online: An Abridged Sketch ofFederal Criminal Lawnamer edactedSenior SpecialistAmerican Law DivisionSummarySubsection 842(p) of title 18 of the Uni
2、ted States Code outlaws teaching,demonstrating, or distributing information on how to make or use explosives,destructive devices, or weapons of mass destruction either when the offender intendsthe instruction or information to be used tocommit afederal crimeofviolence or whentheoffenderknowsthataper
3、sontowhomtheinstructionorinformationhasbeengivenintends to use it to commit a federal crime of violence.Passage stretched over three Congresses, delayed in part by First Amendmentconcerns, but ultimately bolstered by submission of a Justice Department report. Thereport concluded that terrorist “cook
4、books” were readilyavailable on the Internet andelsewhere; that the information had been and would continue to be used for criminalpurposes; that existingfederal lawprovidedincompletecoverage;andthatalegislativefix wouldbepossiblewithout offendingFirst Amendment freespeechprinciples. FirstAmendment
