Also please note that you are inaccurate in stating that Tsutomu requested immunity before testifying before Congress on April 1993.

I don't know anything about the accuracy of the rest of the post, but I was there at this hearing. Immunity was granted, but it wasn't the same type of immunity granted to someone like Oliver North. My recollection is that the immunity was granted to allow Tsutomu Shimomura to convert an ordinary cellular phone into a scanner by typing in the magic combination of numbers. Ordinarily, this would break the law. The immunity prevented this from happening. The act was simply done to demonstrate just how easy it is to do this. They quickly switched channels several times and then turned off the phone. Nothing salicious or interesting came over the air, alas. It would have been funny if some bribe deal involving the chairman of the committee filled the room, but that only happens in movies. I don't know who requested the immunity. It could have been John Gage of Sun Micro who seemed to be running the show. There were probably transcripts made of the session and for all I know the Government might even have them around. That would allow us to get to the bottom of this important detail. -Peter