FC: Nevada politician unwittingly emails porn to colleagues

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu May 17 2001 - 07:12:25 PDT

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    In Washington, this happened to Sen. Bennett, the former chairman of the 
    Republican High-Tech Task Force and the current chairman of a GOP working 
    group on "cyber safety and critical infrastructure protection":
    http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43740,00.html
    
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    From: terry.sat_private
    To: declanat_private
    Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 15:51:46 -0400
    Subject: Legislature in Porn Virus Web
    
    Your Taxpayer Dollars At Work
    Lawmaker Accidentally Catches Legislature In Porn Virus Web
    Law Vegas Review-Journal
    
    Communication at the Legislature has come a long way from 20 years ago
    when lanky powerhouse lobbyist Jim Joyce would wave his tie as a signal
    to other lobbyists to rescue him from an unwanted conversation  But now
    e-mail is the communication of choice. Got a laptop? Sit in a hearing
    and e-mail the legislators on the committee during the testimony.  Anyone
    can do it, but it only works with lawmakers who are computer savvy and
    check their e-mails, like Assemblyman Dennis Nolan, R-Las Vegas. Nolan
    opened a porn virus which shut down the Legislature's e-mail Wednesday
    and Thursday. He opened the e-mail, thinking it was from an engineering
    associate, but it was a virus that sent X-rated pictures to all the
    people on his address book -- including fellow lawmakers.
    
    http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/May-14-Mon-2001/news/16070714.html
    
    
    
    
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