It seems to me the Tea Party Movement shows how decentralized Americans can be when the need arises. So far it has not arisen except in relation to a massively expensive (and inefficient) stimulus package, so the folks who responded as tea partiers have focused on that. But if our IT infrastructure comes under effective attack I think the same kind of reaction will take place. DARPA always had in mind that this would be the essence of the internet, and it has indeed turned out to be the case. Of course the question is always there — can an attack be made on a large enough part of the computer (Social Security records, for example) that some major part of our economy would be damaged. And I have a nagging fear that the tea partiers are not IT-sensitive (although I must admit they were largely called to action through the internet.) I won’t dismiss Clark and Levin’s warning — I’ll just say we as a people are more resilient than generally given credit. F