As a former Utahan, I'm never surprised when I hear about some half-baked story that involves Orrin Hatch. After all, this is the same guy who, when chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told 17-year-old me that Ferdinand Marcos wouldn't be out of power anytime soon. Twelve months later, we were reading about Imelda's shoes.
So when the whole "destroy the pirate's PC" thing broke, I just shook my head and thanked God that one can still depend on something, even if that thing is Orrin Hatch.
And when I read this story at Wired - which reports pirated software running on Hatch's website - I added a good snort to the head-shaking. Of course, it should come as no surprise that Laurence (today playing the part of Bob Woodward) is involved ... he has one cent on the topic here and a second here. Toss both in your pocket.
Posted by Avocare at June 19, 2003 11:10 PM