FBI InfoSec Guru Randy Perlman (Prilamen? Filament?) was interviewed on CNN BizNews this morning by Deborah Marchini: "Hackers" are menacing the net and society. Marchini prompted him but he concurred: Hackers are a *THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY*. There you have it, the root password to the Constitution. Illegal wiretapping, assassination, anything is now justified in the defense of our NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE. bd