Why am I not surprised?

Drudge's current headline is to "Hatch Takes Aim at Illegal Downloading":

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday he favors developing new technology to remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music from the Internet.

The surprise remarks by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, during a hearing on copyright abuses represent a dramatic escalation in the frustrating battle by industry executives and lawmakers in Washington against illegal music downloads.

During a discussion on methods to frustrate computer users who illegally exchange music and movie files over the Internet, Hatch asked technology executives about ways to damage computers involved in such file trading. Legal experts have said any such attack would violate federal anti-hacking laws.

"I'm interested," Hatch interrupted. He said damaging someone's computer "may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights."

Orrin Hatch is also co-sponsor of a bill to give illegal aliens a better college tuition rate than U.S. citizens. Yes, according to him, some U.S. citizens should pay more tuition than citizens of another country.