"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" -- Upton Sinclair

> What I'm curious about is how Congress can appear so technologically clueless about big bills (like network neutrality, etc) but then even know what BigTable is.

What makes you think that "Congress", or even a small subcommittee, knows what BigTable is?

Yes, a congress critter used the word. They're typically speaking from scripts.

Don't assume that staff wrote this script.

Tha article only talks about "The Senate Armed Service Committee"...sounds not like the The Senate or Congress, but rather a small company of people which most likely know what they're doing.