>I can find a legal solution to your technical blockades. Be careful what you ask for.

legislative... senator.

I think he is referring to the Justice Department

This is fun to read but also implies that we have representatives competent enough to even understand things at this level. Maybe they don't have to understand it, I doubt they even consult someone who could help them understand this.

That's the role of staffers, though the rise of the lobbying industry has perverted this somewhat.

Some folks in congress are savvy about technology however, such as Wyden.

This isn’t new. Telephone infrastructure, power grid, roads and railways in some countries are using this exact pattern with some success.