Priorities: The search for BitTorrent in Iraq...

So now we know. In this Sunday's New York Times Magazine (1/9/05, p. 41), Ted Fishman quotes a "US. consular official in China who requested anonymity":

Nothing has a higher priority in our trade policy than the fight to protect American intellectual property. It is every bit as important an effort for us as the war against weapons of mass destruction.

Paging David Kaye, paging David Kaye . . .