SERVICE HAS BEEN RESTORED

Dear World:

We, the United States of America , your top quality supplier of the ideals
of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008
interruption in service. The technical fault (known as the "Dabush" virus)
that led to this eight-year service outage has been located, and the
software responsible was replaced November 4. Early tests of the newly
installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we
expect it to be fully functional today, January 20. We apologize for any
inconvenience caused by the outage. We look forward to resuming full service
and hope to improve in years to come. We thank you for your patience and
understanding,

Sincerely,

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA