Hatch issued a press release yesterday softening his remarks but not recanting. His statement at the hearing does indeed raise the national security threat of P2P in which mil and gov computers using P2P could be attacked by evildoers and grab nation-threatening information, or damage the machines. This threat of commingling mil, gov and public users relates to the recent CIA publication which says the Agency will not use public networks to gather information in fear that classified systems will be compromised. Thus, the Agency remains in the dark about vast amounts of information available to the public, which in turn likely distorts its intelligence reporting to national authorities. It would be wondrous if the Internet gradually turns the spooks inward to protect their out of date secrets, even more so, such that they self-destruct like other historical institutions which became so obsessed with their secrets they lost touch with their supporters, indeed came to see their increasingly skeptical supporters, outsiders, as the principal threats, and so instituted even more spying among their supporters, meanwhile neglecting genuine threats more distantly located. That would fit the DC model of reality, the faith in inside information no matter how foul just so long as only a few had access to it. Perfect setup for manipulating the dimbulbs. Belgium has a good idea to go after war criminals whereever they hide behind national borders, or as in Congress, legislative immunity coutured in national security.