UNFORTUNATELY it will take more than a small, well-intentioned group to
improve hackers鈥 public image. Bill Clinton for one is convinced that hackers
and terrorists are one and the same thing and is preparing legislation to tackle
both. His actions follow a call by Jamie Gorelick, the deputy attorney general,
for 鈥渁 new Manhattan Project鈥 to 鈥渉elp us harden our infrastructures against
attack鈥. If this new project is anything like the last one a lot of people are
going to get hurt.
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