Looks like a fascinating book -- but I don't see what Ashcroft in particular has to do with it. Seems like it's more addressed to anyone who wants to rethink security. As Lawrence Lessig himself says on the site, "the questions...are not Left, or Right -- they are important." Indeed, and I don't see what is accomplished by injecting politics into the discussion. I mean, I'm not fan of Ashcroft myself, but I haven't been visited by the thought police for oldspeak violations, nor have I seen "this message scanned by echelon" in my email headers. In fact, about all I've seen so far is that you can't put nasty notes to baggage inspectors in your checked luggage anymore (silly enough, true, but could you have done that before 9/11?). You still can't yell fire in a crowded theater, but I suppose that's Ashcroft's fault too, somehow. But in any case, thanks for pointing it out, I'll be picking it up when it's released next month.

Good luck on the writing! I wish I could pen 21,000 words in a *month*. Cheers!