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face="Times New Roman">I received the following letter from my senator.
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SELECT COMMITTEE ON
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face="Times New Roman">201 N. Jackson Street <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman">Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 </FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3>Dear D.C.: </FONT></P></DIV><o:p></o:p>
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</SPAN>Thank you for contacting me about the indictment of Dmitry Sklyarov.
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Justice Department officials dropped charges against Russian computer
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">programmer Dmitry Sklyarov in exchange for testimony
against his Moscow based employer, <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">ElcomSoft Company. He and his company were charged with
selling and conspiracy to sell <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman">technology to circumvent the 1998 Digital Millennium
Copyright Act. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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thank you for contacting me about this issue. If I can be of assistance in the
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">future, please do not hesitate to let me know.
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face="Times New Roman">Sincerely, </FONT></FONT></P>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Blanche L.
Lincoln </FONT></P>
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