.......ROFL

Sorry, I couldn't resist.................besides, I've been thinking about this problem as well; thoughts from external HDD to earasing according to the DoD went through my mind, though I sit in a different part of the world and do not feel any threat as eminent as you might do. At the end of the day I decided to install Peer Guardian 2 http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/ to give me some placebo protection feeling. But I am aware that there can't be any 100% protection, if you download something illigaly. A certain kind of risk will always exist (except if you download only legal stuff of course), like participating in the daily traffic, using a knife or a gun or just living life (if you understand what I try to say).