I really don't want to allow Nancy Pelosi to hack into my PC

or MAc, for that matter. from the digital media wire newsletter:

Washington -- House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi has named Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) as chief liaison between the House Democratic Caucus and the entertainment industry. Berman is the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, and once co-sponsored legislation that would have enabled the entertainment industry to "hack" into individuals' computers if they had a "reasonable basis" to think the individuals were engaged in Internet piracy. "Howard Berman has long been a leader on copyright enforcement and stopping Internet piracy," Pelosi said. "He understands the business and creative interests of the entertainment industry, which comprises the largest and fastest growing sector of the U.S. economy and creates a surplus balance of trade."

http://democraticleader.house.gov/press/releases.cfm?pressReleaseID=886

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-945923.html

 

i always assumed he would've been so traumatized by all the pics from fleshbot and alsscan he would've just lapsed into ctl/alt/delete convulsions.

 

my real problem w/ it is that, and it's a big stretch to say ashcroft wanted to allow the government to hack into personal PCs, where as the ashcroft justice department was looking for terrorists, pelosi, et al want to violate my right to privacy on a hunt for a few purloined MP3s. says quite a lot about the differences between the two parties and their priorities.