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face="Times New Roman">Today, two weeks after it was dated, I received the
following letter from my senator. Is it just my representatives or is
it common for them to do nothing and then try to take credit after the
fact?</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">BLANCHE LAMBERT
LINCOLN</SPAN></FONT></P>
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</SPAN>ARKANSAS </SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">355 DIRKSEN BUILDING
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">TELEPHONE. (202)
224-4843</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 6.0pt"><SPAN
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face="Times New Roman">www. senate.gov/-lincoln</FONT></SPAN><FONT
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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States Senate</SPAN>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">WASHINGTON, DC
20510<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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</SPAN>January 30, 2002 </FONT></FONT></P>
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<DIV style="mso-char-wrap: 1; mso-kinsoku-overflow: 1"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">D.C.Wornock<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt">
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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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face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT> </P></DIV>
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size=3>Dear D.C.: </FONT></P>
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</SPAN>Thank you for contacting me about the indictment of Dmitry Sklyarov.
</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Last month,
Justice Department officials dropped charges against Russian computer
</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">programmer Dmitry
Sklyarov in exchange for testimony against his Moscow based employer,
</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">ElcomSoft Company. He
and his company were charged with selling and conspiracy to sell
</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT 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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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Again,
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"></FONT></FONT> </P>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sincerely, </FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3></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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size=3>BLL/bp </FONT></P></DIV><o:p></o:p>
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