Finally catching up on some email...
I didn't write the article; it was published in the National Review, a
weekly conservative newspaper
(http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel121500.shtml). I assume they
do at least rudimentary fact checking, and I believe David Kopel, the
author, to be a
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Declan, I've looked at the floor activity for that day, and searched
the house record [Page: H12100 et seq]. I cannot find any mention of
HR.46, or "encryption", or "wiretapping". I also looked at every
reference to the word "computer", which appears
