When will it end? Back during Clinton's terms Orrin Hatch (R-UT), that vociferous moralist, went nutso about Clinton's "Filegate" scandal. Yet recently, according to Joe Conason, Hatch (no friend of homosexuals) had the gall to mock Democratic fellow Senators who were suspicious that someone had illegally accessed and leaked secret information from their files to the Washington Times and Wall Street Journal.
Yet now we learn that it very likely was one of HATCH's STAFFERS who actually HACKED INTO THE COMPUTERS of two fellow Senators, Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Teddy Kennedy (D-MA), stole the files and leaked them to the two papers. He's suspended the creep, but to me this is just one more example of how dangerous these people are. They have control of both houses of Congress, and the Presidency, and the upper levels of the federal courts, and they ram through legislation at will, yet they will stop at NOTHING to get their agenda through.
SFGate.com: (AP) GOP staffer put on leave for accessing Democrats' files
[ November 28, 2003, 06:23 PM: Message edited by: fantomas ]
Full Version: Hatch's GOP Staffer Hacks into Democrats' Files
Thank God no Democrats have ever done things like hacking into others' stuff, leaking confidential info to embarrass the opposition, etc. At least they're too moral and upstanding to do such things. 
This Orrin Hatch?
Thar be pirates in them thar waters!
If John Ashcroft can bust Greenpeace for sailor-mongering, then this episode ought to rate an investigation by our very own Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.
I direct your attention to the byline on the Greenpeace article. It's from the UPI, now owned by - you'll never guess - Sun Myung Moon.
Let the destruction commence. Where's me mallet, lads?
[ November 28, 2003, 09:08 PM: Message edited by: twin58 ]
Thar be pirates in them thar waters!
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There are a lot of good technical people out there still unemployed with plenty of time on their hands.
Orrin Hatch, the Gentleman from Utah, has been made painfully aware of this fact only days after he advocated the electronic destruction of computers used to transfer and house ill-gotten copyrighted and/or pirated data.
Laurence Simon was listening as Hatch, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke at a recent hearing regarding copyright abuse. Simon, an unemployed system administrator from Houston, became a bit concerned about the Senator’s intentions and paid a visit to http://www.senate.gov/~hatch/ the Senator’s own website.
After a little sniffing around a bit, he hit pay dirt. Apparently, Hatch’s own web servers would merit destruction by his own magic cyber uber-bullet because he employs pirated software on his official website.
Apparently the cool little semi-transparent dropdown submenu text thingies at the top portion of every page on the Senator’s site were developed and owned by http://www.milonic.co.uk/menu/ They were never licensed or paid for.
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Want to meander down this lane of uncertain ethics? Laurence Simon, outlines the amusing adventure of his personal investigation that has attracted national interest on his weblog entitled; Orrin Hatch, software pirate? at http://amish.blogmosis.com/archives/012511.html#012511
It is a very detailed account and good read. If you see no other links contained in this column, read that one.
Can you imagine the tension in Orrin’s office that morning when stories like
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,...3,59305,00.html headlined “Orrin Hatch: Software Pirate?” suggested software piracy on the good ship Hatch itself?
The stolen software sells for $899, and is owned by Andy Woolley of http://www.milonic.co.uk/menu/ According to Wooly quoted in above wired.com link article, Hatch’s problem is just the tip of the iceberg. Read the story to get details on a commercial airline who has stolen from him in mass quantity.
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“There’s no excuse for anyone violating copyright laws.” —Orrin Hatch.
Please Orrin, get a clue.
Christmas has come early for me. This is like seeing Bill Bennett swearing at a slot machine that has taken his last hundred dollars.Orrin Hatch, the Gentleman from Utah, has been made painfully aware of this fact only days after he advocated the electronic destruction of computers used to transfer and house ill-gotten copyrighted and/or pirated data.
Laurence Simon was listening as Hatch, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke at a recent hearing regarding copyright abuse. Simon, an unemployed system administrator from Houston, became a bit concerned about the Senator’s intentions and paid a visit to http://www.senate.gov/~hatch/ the Senator’s own website.
After a little sniffing around a bit, he hit pay dirt. Apparently, Hatch’s own web servers would merit destruction by his own magic cyber uber-bullet because he employs pirated software on his official website.
Apparently the cool little semi-transparent dropdown submenu text thingies at the top portion of every page on the Senator’s site were developed and owned by http://www.milonic.co.uk/menu/ They were never licensed or paid for.
....
Want to meander down this lane of uncertain ethics? Laurence Simon, outlines the amusing adventure of his personal investigation that has attracted national interest on his weblog entitled; Orrin Hatch, software pirate? at http://amish.blogmosis.com/archives/012511.html#012511
It is a very detailed account and good read. If you see no other links contained in this column, read that one.
Can you imagine the tension in Orrin’s office that morning when stories like
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,...3,59305,00.html headlined “Orrin Hatch: Software Pirate?” suggested software piracy on the good ship Hatch itself?
The stolen software sells for $899, and is owned by Andy Woolley of http://www.milonic.co.uk/menu/ According to Wooly quoted in above wired.com link article, Hatch’s problem is just the tip of the iceberg. Read the story to get details on a commercial airline who has stolen from him in mass quantity.
....
“There’s no excuse for anyone violating copyright laws.” —Orrin Hatch.
Please Orrin, get a clue.
If John Ashcroft can bust Greenpeace for sailor-mongering, then this episode ought to rate an investigation by our very own Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.
I direct your attention to the byline on the Greenpeace article. It's from the UPI, now owned by - you'll never guess - Sun Myung Moon.
Let the destruction commence. Where's me mallet, lads?
[ November 28, 2003, 09:08 PM: Message edited by: twin58 ]
The same Orrin Hatch who wants the Constitution amended to let non-native born persons (read, Ahhhnold) to be President.
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