11.   Barksdale and other software and high-tech industry leaders support a Senate measure that would ease the export controls without requiring keys.

12.   Before Clinton can go forward with lifting nuclear export controls, though, he needs to woo congressional support.

13.   Both sides have been working together on export controls in recent months.

14.   -- The Bureau of Export Administration would have its export control functions moved to the State Department while licensing responsibility would be taken over by the Customs Service.

15.   A draft White House policy paper has proposed linking relaxation of export controls to systems that included key escrowing.

16.   A federal judge in San Francisco indicated yesterday that she will uphold her previous ruling that export controls on encryption software are unconstitutional because they violate free speech.

17.   A criminal investigation is still under way over whether the Loral Space and Communication Corp. also violated export controls in a separate incident.

18.   A spokesman for Montana Republican Sen. Conrad Burns reiterated today that Burns intends to reintroduce his legislation easing software export controls early next year.

19.   According to industry officials, the export controls are already backfiring.

20.   Bush also said Congress should reduce export controls on high-performance computers and expand trade.