Spammer, Other Witnesses Testify Before Senate Committee

As a Senate committee sought answers on how to curb the overwhelming surge of junk e-mail, one of the nation's most notorious spammers told members just how hard their job would be. Ronald Scelson, an eighth-grade dropout and self-taught computer programmer from Louisiana, riveted the Commerce Committee hearing room as he explained that he sends between 120 million and 180 million e-mails every 12 hours.