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6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
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9. See note 5. See also, The Merriam Webster Dictionary, Home and Office Edition . Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1995 .
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12. Ibid.
13. See note 4.
14. U.S. Department of Justice. Press Release of February 26, 2002 , "Former Computer Network Administrator at New Jersey High-Tech Firm Sentenced to 41 Months for Unleashing $10 Million Computer Time Bomb, at http://www. usdoj .gov/criminal/ cybercrime /lloydSent.htm .
15. U.S. Department of Justice. Press Release of May 1, 2001 , "Creator of Melissa Virus Sentenced to 20 Months in Federal Prison," at http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/MelissaSent.htm .
16. U.S. Department of Justice. Electronic Citation: 2002 FED App. 0062P (6th Cir.), File Name : 02a0062p.06, decided and fled February 20, 2002 , at http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/4Pillars6thCir.htm .
17. The full text of this rendering can be reviewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/4Pillars6thCir.htm
18. NIST SP 800-12, Computer Security Handbook , author unknown. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1996 .
19. See http://www.naic.org .
20. Public Law 106-102, electronic document available from the Library of Congress, ref: S.900, at http://www.thomas.loc.gov .
21. Public Law 104 “191, August 21, 1996 , Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, at http://www.thomas.loc.gov .