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and the instant one of these attacks touches (or even routes thru) a computer outside the jurisdiction of the United States, the taxpayers of America will be footing a huge legal and settlement bill.

Smart thinking, Mr. Berman! Keep this up, and every router, server and connected PC in the world will simply IP block anything in the United States. And the World Wide Web will be a much smaller place for your citizens. Kinda of like the 'walled garden' approach to the internet used by Communist China or AOL, only imposed from outside coz of your constant f#ckwittedness.

The Internet views the United States as damage and routes around it.